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Poetry Friday, a poem, & Shortbread Cookies

It’s Poetry Friday! Buffy Silverman welcomes everyone with a fabulous poem about snatching victory from the jaws of defeat at…

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Poetry Friday, a winner, & Writing Advice from a former Pixar employee

It’s Poetry Friday! The witty and wise Tabatha has the round-up at The Opposite of Indifference.First, I must announce the…

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Poetry Friday & a poetry giveaway

Alas, I missed last week when Carol at Carol’s Corner gathered up all of the goodness of a Thanksgiving weekend…

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Poetry Friday & the book trailer for “The Man with the Violin”

Katya has this week’s feast of poetry-related posts at Write. Sketch. Repeat.I’m in this week with a post about the…

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Poetry Friday & CALIFORNIA!

Last week while the usual Poetry Friday celebration was going on, I was driving down Hwy. 101, guessing at crops…

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Poetry Friday & Jack Prelutsky’s “Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens”

It’s Poetry Friday! The lovely and inspiring Linda at Teacher Dance is hosting this week’s post-Halloween, first-day-of-November round up!Last Night…

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Quote about books by Caroline Gordon

“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in…

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Picture Book Idea Month 2013

For the third year, I’m going to participate in Tara Lazar’s Picture Book Idea Month. I love this year’s inspirational…

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Poetry Friday & Mary Oliver’s White Pine

Last week I stopped at the campus bookstore in search of a gift. As a former bookseller, I’ve loathed the…

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Poetry Friday & an autumn poem

“An Autumn Idyll” by Francis Davis Millet [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsPage URLAttributionLife’s Seasonsby Keri Collins LewisSpring’s raptures,Summer’s rush.Calls to…

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