Poetry Friday: Ode to My Garden
I had the Inklings challenge this month: “Use a recent comment on one of your posts as a line in a poem.” Jan (Bookseedstudio) left the first two lines of this poem in the comments on my May 26 post. Her comments often sound like poems or lines from poems, so she made my job…
The Poetry Friday Roundup is HERE!
I’ve moved the picnic table into the shade of the weeping birch in the back yard of my childhood home, and the Poetry Sisters are arriving with yummy offerings for today’s pot luck. Nope. While I DID grow up on the arid high plains of eastern Colorado, that’s WAY too dry. Let’s try again. Right…
Poetry Friday Roundup Call
It’s that time again. Six-ish months have passed since last we queued up to host the Poetry Friday roundups. What is the Poetry Friday roundup? A gathering of links to posts featuring original or shared poems, or reviews of poetry books. A carnival of poetry posts. Here is an explanation that Rene LaTulippe shared on…
Poetry Friday: Self Portrait
The prompt on Audrey Gidman’s May Poetry Prompt Calendar for May 20 was “Write a self-portrait poem.” I didn’t get to that one, but May 21 was “Now that you’ve practiced, write another self-portrait poem. Give this one a very long title.” And since one of the items on my to-do list for today was…
Poetry Friday: A Mish-Mash
Shake My Brain Over the Page and This is What Sprinkles Out: A Cento exploring timeimagination makes roomembroidery as play / craft is politicalpriceless and worthless, simultaneously women’s work –this long threadwith her own hands –let’s move the needle (c) Drafty McDraft, 2026 The Sources: Exploring Time”…imagination makes room…”Embroidery as Play / craft is politicalpriceless…
Poetry Friday: A Landmark Birthday
Today is Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. If you haven’t watched the new PBS documentary Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure, put that at the top of your TBW list! Here is David Attenborough’s thank you card to the world for all of kerfluffle over his kerluffle-worthy birthday. And here is Brian Bilston’s poem for…
Poetry Friday: MAY!
Happy May Day! Today is an Inklings challenge day, and Heidi challenged us to “Celebrate May by writing a poem that Maykes use of the verbs may, might, could, can, ought.” It felt SO good to use more words, syllables, and lines! Here’s how the rest of the Inklings met this month’s challenge: Catherine @Reading…
NPM 2026. The End.
All of this month’s poems can be found at Poetrepository. It is with relief that this NPM comes to a close. I’ve learned lots about writing poetry this month. There is power in working the same form day after day. You go deep and learn it well. You start to feel it in your bones,…
The 2026 Progressive Poem is Here!
The Land of PoetryOn my first trip to the Land of Poetry,I saw anthologies of every color, tall as buildings.A world of words, wonder on wings, waiting just for me!Birding for words shimmering, flecked in golden gilding.Binoculars ready, I toured boulevards and side streets,exploring vibrant verses, verses so honest and tender.feathery lyrics, bright flitting avian…
Poetry Friday: This Week In the News and an Ekphrastic Challenge
This final Friday of National Poetry Month is also a Poetry Sisters challenge week! We’re writing ekphrastic poems, so I chose an image from today’s NYT morning newsletter. Such a different spring view from my window and from his. When will this madness end? Here’s what the rest of the Poetry Sisters came up with…
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