Poetry Friday, Week 2: One Little Word

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My winter swap partner, Tracey at Tangles and Tails , is hosting Poetry Friday this week. She's diving into a Monopoly Game find and an ode  to the thimble.

Today, I am revealing my 2024 word for the year: Expand. There is a question that accompanies the word. 
It's What have I risked? This is not my question but one that I heard from Kelli Russell Agodon who was the keynote speaker at the Oregon Poetry Association Fall Conference in October. She asks that of herself after she writes a poem.  It really resonated with me. During that last months, I've been thinking about the opportunities that are coming up for me and the goals which led to my word.
Here's my past words:
2013 Mindful/2014 Believe
2015 Open /2016 Focus
2017 Hope /2018 Seek
2019 Imagine /2020 Joy
2021 Flourish /2022 Wonder 
2023 Curious/ 2024 Expand

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I took this workshop last Saturday with Pamela Sue Johnson.  One thing I usually do is photograph the process so today, I created a short video about the process.

There's Still Time to submit a Poem for the Midterm Project.

Last spring, I had an incredible opportunity to teach a poetry course for librarians getting their master's degree at Texas Women's University.  I had student create videos of poems from this Poetry Friday Community and beyond. Originally, I was teaching the class for just last spring. then this fall I was asked to teach again.  So I am in need of poems again.  I would love to have at least 30 for student choice. In April, I will post  here.  Look up April 2023 for examples. Please consider sharing a poem for student use:
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• Poems should be PreK through high school
• And any topic that would be age appropriate.  There are some people who will be public librarians
• An original poem. If you have permissions on a published one and can provide the bibliographic information, published will work. Otherwise, unpublished.
• Include the date written
• Feel free to submit 2-3 poems
• Poems should be between 5-12 lines
• Need poems by January 15, 2024

​Please use the Google for to submit the poems.  It will help me stay organized.