Poetry Friday – Iguanas and Unicorns

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 Bookseedstudio to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Hello and Happy Friday! Today I am excited because I am heading down to Miami for a regional SCBWI writing conference this weekend. All. by. myself. This will be the first solo ‘away’ trip I have taken since having my daughter nearly 8 years ago. It will also be the longest I’ve been away from my 1-year-old son. I keep … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Iguanas and Unicorns

Poetry Friday – New Year Inspiration

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  Reading to the Core to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Happy New Year poetry friends! Can you believe that it is 2018? I always get excited for the new year and all the potential it holds. Will there be bad times? Absolutely–there always will be. But hopefully there will be some wonderful and amazing times sprinkled in as well. I am one of those people who always … Continue reading Poetry Friday – New Year Inspiration

Poetry Friday – Walking in a Sloth-y Wonderland

  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 Buffy’s Blog to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Phew! It feels like it has been forever since I have written anything here on the blog. It feels like am playing catch up on everything! NaNoWriMo went really well. While I didn’t get to 50k words, I did my personal best and finished with around 10,000 words for the month. That’s a pretty big accomplishment for … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Walking in a Sloth-y Wonderland

Poetry Friday – Thank You and Good Night

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  Carol’s Corner to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Happy Day After Thanksgiving! AKA Turkey Hangover Day. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. I am in Tennessee visiting my parents and we are enjoying the colder weather. We drive home to Florida tomorrow. These trips always pass too fast. Today I decided I wanted to share a snippet from Patrick McDonnell’s picture book, Thank You and … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Thank You and Good Night

Poetry Friday – Monster Museum

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 Jane at Raincity Librarian to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ We are over halfway through November so that means that I must have hit the halfway mark of 25k on my NaNoWriMo book! Cue laughter and knee slapping. Yeah, I have fallen so far behind, that it’s not even funny. BUT I will continue to write and get those words on the page. Now on to Poetry … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Monster Museum

Poetry Friday – Fireflies at Midnight

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 Jama’s Alphabet Soup, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ I hope that everyone is having a fantastic November day. It’s still bright and sunny here in Florida. We had a cold snap last week–it got down into the low 70s during the day and the low 50s at night! Hopefully it’ll cool back down again once we approach Thanksgiving. NaNoWriMo has been keeping me busy (I’m actually … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Fireflies at Midnight

Poetry Friday – Inktober Finale

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 Linda’s blog, Teacher Dance, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ I am giving away a copy of Ben Hatke’s Mighty Jack and the Goblin King!  Be sure to enter! I did it! 31 poems in 31 days. It may seem like a small feat to some, but I’m pretty proud of myself. Most of them won’t see the light of day after this month, a few turned … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Inktober Finale

Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 4

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 Brenda Davis Harsham’s blog, Friendly Fairy Tales, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Another week has gone by and Halloween is almost here! I have managed to squeak out more poems and drawings for Inktober. With just five more days to go, I’m in the home stretch and I think I’ll actually be able to accomplish this fairly lofty (for me) goal.       This is … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 4

Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 3

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 Leigh Anne’s blog, A Day in the Life, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Well, I almost threw in the towel this week. Things got a bit hectic and I started telling myself that, while this poetry Inktober project is really fun, my time could be spent doing other things. But I decided that pushing through and finishing a writing commitment was reason enough to keep going. … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 3

Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 2

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 Irene Latham’s blog, Live Your Poem to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ It’s Friday the 13th and I am happy to say that I haven’t missed a day yet of Inktober! I am doing way better than my poem-a-day goal back in the month of April (I eeked out one poem that month). I have been having a lot of fun, mostly because it has been sort … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Inktober Week 2