Published in Sky Collection·PinnedMember-onlyIn School, On EarthSky Collection Poetry Month Project; Day 1: Inspired by Tracy K. Smith — Welcome to our first Poetry Month Quote Prompt! If you missed the introduction to this series, please go here: Gem Mining in April Sky Collection’s Poetry Month Projectmedium.com All of the prompts will be featured in this list. You may be wondering what I look for when I mean “gems.” I don’t know how else to explain this but…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Published in Sky Collection·PinnedMember-onlyGem Mining in AprilSky Collection’s Poetry Month Project — Sky Collection’s Poetry Month Project We are dawning on National Poetry Month in the United States, and I am very excited. I have a lot of projects planned for this month — especially for my students. For Poetry Month on Sky Collection, I’ve decided to challenge myself to do a deep(ish) dive into some contemporary…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Published in Scribe·PinnedMember-onlyRolling Land of the Early BloomsWriting Prompt: On the Road to Spring — There’ll be snow in Appalachia tonight but I’m in the rolling land of the early blooms memories of rhododendron tunnels replaced by cusps of azaleas — blossoms resume done are we with daffodils, Bradford pears have dropped white for green crocus moves aside for tulip and iris phlox will blanket mulch and weed…Writing Prompt1 min readWriting Prompt1 min read
Published in Scribe·PinnedMember-onlyMore Than SurvivalA Poem — I want now to be about more than survival, don’t you want to feel the sun on your face the life you didn’t live slipping from view like bubbles over the fence from some unknown wind I want to feel the purpose and point again of your hands on me, desire on the verge of taking…Love1 min readLove1 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe World Needs More PoetsA Poem — Call up your favorite languages Call up your mother tongue Spill out your crafty treasure chests Dust off your used-to-be hobbies Pull down the attic ladder Gather the scrapbooks, the yearbooks, the printed photographs Your sewing machine Restring your guitar Clear your throat for the harmony Gather the heirloom seeds The fabrics and dyes Your crochet and knitting needles Your cross-stitch too We…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Nowisms·1 day agoMember-onlyOur Neighborhood — A Concession StandNowism — This happens every day I always see this guy every afternoon when I am driving home from work. He has cotton candy on a pole and he walks up and down the sidewalk, selling his wares through people’s car windows. Then the light changes and my son and I have a variety of the…Nowism2 min readNowism2 min read
Published in A Cornered Gurl·2 days agoMember-onlyCosta Rica in June6-word Story: Where do you want to travel… — Challenge1 min readChallenge1 min read
Published in Nowisms·4 days agoMember-onlyIn 5th GradeWhat’s happening now: A photo story of my classroom today — It’s Fri(yay) of the first week back from spring break. I’m exhausted but feeling better- healing from a vacation filled with bronchitis. Lucky me. Some artificial intelligence has been stalking me, obviously, because I am getting Instagram ads for Thinx. Don’t look it up. Here is the truth: It’s underwear…Nowism3 min readNowism3 min read
Published in Scribe·Mar 21Member-onlyFrost Fell on the EquinoxHaiku for the beginning of spring — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
