A student wrote an email that broke my heart, just a little. I found them in the hallway yesterday and told them I need time to think about all the beautiful and thoughtful questions they asked before responding back.
But I still feel the need to acknowledge their words. I’m carrying this kid with me. Perhaps you recognize either yourself or another kid here. My hope is, next week, I’ll have a poem to offer in response.
Today’s poem is about winter, but it’s really for all of us feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, or alone.
For the past several weeks, I’ve been posting my allegorical short story in serial form.
Today I bring you the conclusion as Flora comes to the rescue…
Today’s #VerseLove prompt, “Look Closely,” comes from Joanne Emery. Her poem for the day tells the story of the house of her loved ones. As I read her work, a poem I’ve been percolating on the back burner might be ready to come to the surface. So I’ll give it a go.
Today’s #VerseLove poem explores a gesture (along with a few other choice things) I inherited from my dad.
Today’s poem is a challenge on #VerseLove to write a poem about a scar. I chose to write about my scars as tourist destinations…
Today’s #VerseLove prompt is to take inspiration from travel. I knew which travel I wanted to write about – when I stayed in Sandusky, Ohio while my son was in the hospital there. I remember how otherworldly it felt being out one morning on a kayak. Not gonna lie: this poem WRESTLED me.
Today, I wanted to write something deep and pithy. Clever, however, butted in line and stole Pithy’s number at the deli counter. Here it is…
I wrote this tricube (3 verses, 3 lines each, 3 syllables each) in response to Ethical ELA’s Verselove. I’ve long lurked and read, but finally jumped in and added my two (twenty-seven?) cents…
Today, for the start of poetry month, an etheree.
Soapbox: The Way I see Things