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Poetry Friday: Little Poems of the Week

3/18/2021

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Hop on over to Linda at TeacherDance. She share a surprise late snow storm and thoughts on 'time'.j


Last week, I went on a field trip to one of my favorite wineries.  I was able to photograph a single first bloom. On the weekend, I discovered busyness in the hanging planter.  It was also MudPuddle Saturday(a group of women write about twice a month), I was able to draft a couple poems based on prompts.

Winter’s scent
outside my window
questions us,When is spring?

Hummingbirds dart, sip nectar
the fairy flowers

© jone rush macculloch, 2021 draft
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Bushtits Gather
Little partiers, the bushtits
gather at the suet block

The high scratchy calls
twitter-tweet  the location

A flash mob hangs upside down,
dining.  All are welcome.

© jone rush macculloch, 2021 draft


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GET READY!  NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN TWO WEEKS

I am looking forward to these interviews!  There will be prizes.  
April 2 POETRY FRIDAY: ALLAN WOLF
April 9 POETRY FRIDAY: LISA FIPPS
April 16 POETRY FRIDAY: CHRIS BARON
April 23 POETRY FRIDAY: JOANNE FRITZ
April 30 POETRY FRIDAY: LITA  JUDGE

During the week, I will be taking a second look at poems I have written in the past and playing with revision.

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Poetry Friday: HOP TO IT, Part Two~ Grab an Umbrella

10/16/2020

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There is a lot of goodness to be had in the Poetry Friday community today.  Please visit  Janice at Salt City Verse for more places to read poetry.
I will get right to it. Yesterday was the official book birthday of HOP TO IT: Poems to Get You Moving, edited by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell.  It features 100 poem by 90 poets that will make you wiggle your hands and toes, hop, skip, stretch, and jump in puddles. 

The Children’s Book Council (CBC) selects a small number of new  releases to highlight on their “Hot Off the Press” page ever month. This month, they chose HOP TO IT.  What an honor.

Lucky me to have my poem, "Umbrella" in the collection.  Living in the Pacific Northwest, there's plenty of rain and puddles for jumping,  I've always been that person.
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 Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell create books that are treasure troves for anyone sharing poetry with kids.  In HOP TO IT, each poem is paired with a book.  This is something I did when I taught poems and books, they make a lovely paring.  So I am thrilled that The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates was selected to be with my poem. 
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Over the next few weeks many blogs will hop to it and feature this book. I hope you will visit and read. Maybe with your own copy in hand.
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