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Poetry Friday – Toes

Rebecca Herzog

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 Reflections on the Teche to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ Interested in doing a Zine Swap? Check out this post! I cannot believe that the school year is upon us again. Back in June, it felt like each day was a slow easy summer day. And then July passed in a whirlwind. My daughter goes back to school on Monday. In preparation, I have been trying … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Toes

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Poetry Friday – Zine Swap

Rebecca Herzog

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 Mainly Write to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. ________________________________________ I recently discovered zines (short for magazines). These little mini magazines that can cover the whole gamut of possible content.  And they can be very basic or very ornate. Just do a quick image search for “zine examples“. But, at their core, they are very easy to make. Many (like mine below) are made out of one … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Zine Swap

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It’s Poetry Friday – Read-A-Thon

Rebecca Herzog

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 A Word Edgewise to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness.                                             Hello poetry aficionados! Welcome to Poetry Friday! Linda, over at A Word Edgewise, decided to do a 1st line swap this week. We could take one line from her long list of 1st lines and turn … Continue reading It’s Poetry Friday – Read-A-Thon

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It’s Poetry Friday!

Rebecca Herzog

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 Katie over at The Logonauts to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness.                                           I live on the gulf coast of Florida. And it’s summertime. So that means thunderstorms most every day. When we moved away from Florida for a few years, I found that the storms were … Continue reading It’s Poetry Friday!

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Poetry Friday – Mack and Cheese

Rebecca Herzog

So this week I made a discovery! There’s a whole community of poets that blog about poetry on Fridays. And they call it…wait for it….Poetry Friday! Seriously though, I have been searching high and low for some type of writing community. And I am so excited to start participating. Each week, a different blogger hosts a “round up” on their blog where you can go and easily access everyone’s poetry contributions. This week it is over on Tabatha Yeatt’s blog. Be sure to check it out. This week had an optional theme of  mac-n-cheese since Friday is International Macaroni and … Continue reading Poetry Friday – Mack and Cheese

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April is National Poetry Month

Rebecca Herzog

Today starts National Poetry Month! To celebrate (and to keep the flame burning from Madness! Poetry) I am going to be writing a poem a day. Some will be short, and some will be long. Most will probably be bad. Maybe I’ll have one or two that are publishable. I won’t be posting every poem on here, but I will try to put one or two up a week. Here is today’s: A Love Poem in April Your eyes are like giant pools Of brown sludge. Your hair would make ghouls Hold a grudge. Your teeth look like small jewels … Continue reading April is National Poetry Month

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New Opponent, New Word

Rebecca Herzog

Everyone is probably sick of me talking about the Madness! Poetry tournament, but I’m going to write a post about it anyway. The first round went even better than I had hoped. Marileta Robinson was a fierce competitor, but somehow I was able to come out on top. Even though we were given two different words (stalwart and albeit) and no topic, both of our poems ended up having dancing elements in them. And both had some punny endings. 🙂 You can read them both here. In round 2, I’ll be facing off against Michele Krueger, a poet teacher in … Continue reading New Opponent, New Word

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Exciting Update + a Crazy Twist

Rebecca Herzog

I actually have some cool news. A few weeks ago, I heard about Madness! Poetry, a children’s poetry competition. I applied by writing a poem based on a prompt, and I was selected to be in the tournament. 64 bracketed “authletes” compete head-to-head throughout the month of March à la NCAA March Madness. This Sunday, March 5th, I’ll be assigned a word and I’ll have 36 hours to write a children’s poem. My competitor will do the same. Then kids, other poets, and the masses will vote. I am excited and a bit nervous. Either way, it should be fun … Continue reading Exciting Update + a Crazy Twist