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Poetry Friday and a fawn haiku

It’s Poetry Friday! Amy at The Poem Farm is hosting this week’s celebration.(Photo by MSU Ag Communications/File Photo)Earlier this year…

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Free* books from authors: why they’re not free

Author Tara Lazar tackles the tricky subject of requests for book donations to worthy causes on her blog, Writing for…

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Poetry Friday & love poems for the Wedding Day

It’s Poetry Friday! The always fascinating Tabatha has the round-up today at The Opposite of Indifference.My stepson Andrew is getting…

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Don’t Feed the Boy by Irene Latham, copyright 2012

Most kids would envy 11-year-old Whit — he lives at a zoo, his mom is the zoo director, and his…

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Poetry Friday & a draft of an original poem

It’s Poetry Friday! WOOT!The lovely Jen at Teach Mentor Texts is hosting this week and kicks us off with one…

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Poetry Friday & a Poem by Ted Kooser

It’s Poetry Friday! Over the course of the day a huge group has celebrated with Laura at Author Amok. Like…

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Poetry Friday & a Mask Poem

It’s Poetry Friday!Tara at A Teaching Life is today’s happy hostess.I was inspired last week by Michelle’s touching mask poem,…

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Postage Stamps that Celebrate Children’s Literature

If you could suggest content for a new U.S. postage stamp celebrating children’s literature, what characters or books would you…

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Final Poem Swap Postcard, for Jone

It’s Poetry Friday!Betsy is hosting at her blog, I Think in Poems. Thank you, Betsy!!Today I have 2 terrible phone…

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When Worlds Collide: Star Wars meets Big Bang Theory

It’s Poetry Friday! Steps and Staircases is hosting for the first time today — head over and wish her luck…

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