Poetry Friday – Snow Gators

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Elizabeth Steinglass’s blog to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ After a stint of having a tough time sitting down and writing, I feel like I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I am playing catch up a bit in the February Poetry Challenge, but I am determined to have 28+ poems by the 28th. This week I had the chance to share a … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Snow Gators

Poetry Friday – Cherita

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Check It Out to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ This past week Carol Varsalona posted the art piece below as prompt for the February Poetry Challenge. The 1st poem is what I came up with originally while thinking of sleep training my son. I changed the last line as I have been pondering the shooting here in Florida (a few hours away from me). I am … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Cherita

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 2/12/18

#IMWAYR The weekly post where I recap all the KidLit books I’ve been reading. Occasionally, I’ll also review some adult fiction books as well. Be sure to check out Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers to see what other kidlit readers are reading. Because, you know, we can never have too many books in our TBR pile.                                          The Cybils round 2 judging has been taking up a lot of my book-reading attention lately–and I’m loving it. I am so excited for the winners to … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 2/12/18

Poetry Friday – A Woman’s Place

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out the lovely Sally Murphy’s blog to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Happy Poetry Friday, everyone! After the stomach bug and then stalwartly sleep training my toddler (I would not wish either on my worst enemy), I finally feel like I have my bearings again. Yay! I am having an absolute blast participating in Laura Shovan‘s February Daily Poem Project. Some days, the poems come a bit … Continue reading Poetry Friday – A Woman’s Place

Poetry Friday – Losing My Head

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out the lovely Donna Smith’s blog, Mainely Write, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ I am all discombobulated. Here it is, 10:30 at night and I have a panic. “Oh no! I only have an hour and a half until it’s Saturday and it’ll no longer be ‘Poetry Friday’!” Commence scrambling to get my stuff together. After about 15 minutes of sitting at the computer, I realize that … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Losing My Head