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Poetry Friday: Put Away Your Judgment Pen

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It's Poetry Friday! Today's roundup is hosted by Linda Baie at Teacher Dance. Stop by for a breath of fresh of poetry air.  Whew! Last month was busy as I wrote and posted a poem each day. I'm sure you all get it! When publishing a poem, each day is an act of vulnerability because you know you will have to post poems before they feel ready for the world. That being said, I needed the push to get a poem on paper every day and, it worked. (Though I use the word "poem" loosely. Ha!)  Here's a quick list of April's National Poetry Month celebration highlights: Three Things I Did Collected Links on a Padlet : During National Poetry Month, I wanted to be able to collect the crumbs of discovery throughout the month so I decided to keep a Padlet of links. I wasn't quite as diligent as I had hoped, but I have a reasonable collection of nuggets.  Supported Poetry Spaces : This year, I made sure to make contributions to the poetry spaces that I return to repeate

National Poetry Month: Woohoo! 30 Days of Poems (30 of 30)

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It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy.  Endings are really just beginnings. Let all the words collected, settle deep inside you. Take all that you have learned, tuck it in your notebook, and begin again. © Cathy L. Mere, 2023 

National Poetry Month: Words to Save Us (29 of 30)

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It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy.  Today's Golden Shovel is inspired by a line from Naomi Shihab Nye's poem:  You Know Who You Are (Words Under Words, p. 22).

National Poetry Month: Again (28 of 30)

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   It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy.  It's Poetry Friday! It is also the last Friday of National Poetry Month. Today's roundup is hosted by Ruth at " There is No Such Thing as a God-forsaken Town ." (True confessions: I didn't quite make the Friday night deadline so I'm posting this on Saturday morning. Since I'm late, I did not link to the roundup, but I'd suggest you stop by to see all this community has been accomplishing this month.)  Here's "today's" poem: When You're Two  Life when you're two is full of joy.  We hop around the living room, you giggle as we move in circles, hop, hop, hop. Again , you say. We sing songs in the kitchen, dancing and acting out the words, do, da, do. Again , you shout. We twirl endlessly in circles, falling down on queue, boom, boom, boom. Again , y

National Poetry Month: Wishes in Waiting (27 of 30)

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It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy. 

National Poetry Month: Unexpected Surprise (25 of 30)

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  It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy.  secret gardener sows small seeds: clouds of perfume. today's sweet surprise. © Cathy L. Mere, 2023

National Poetry Month: Spring Waltz (24 of 30)

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  It's National Poetry Month. I will be posting a poem each day. No theme. I'm just going to follow the spark each day, wherever I might find it. It's bound to be messy.