Sylvia Vardell of Poetry for Children hosts this first Poetry Friday of 2019. Thanks, Sylvia and Happy New Year everyone!
I shared a wonderful non-fiction poetry picture this past Wednesday here I want to be sure you know. You'll find a lot of entertainment and education into this small, but mighty, book. Please bookmark the title for future reference.
And, congratulations to all the finalists of the Cybil's Awards, announced this past Tuesday, January 1st! That link is here. The Poetry finalists:
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Mary's Monster by Lita Judge
In the Past by David Elliott
H is for Haiku by Sydell Rosenberg
Can I Touch Your Hair? By Irene Latham & Charles Waters
Traveling the Blue Road edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
I hope that no one is too tired to read one more haiku for our small group's #haikuforhope this past December. Writing daily, attempting to discover special images, to observe something and try to capture it creates an awareness of a new way of thinking. I enjoy the challenge, certainly am not Issa, but the writing is a pleasure. In the final week of the year with company surrounding, too, I still found a few moments that I'm glad will be in my files.
Thanks also for the inspiration from everyone who wrote: Mary Lee Hahn, Catherine Flynn, Heidi Mordhorst, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Kevin Hodgson, Julieanne Harmatz, Michelle Kogan, Carol Varsalona, Molly Hogan, and Jean LaTourette.
I was inspired today to write again. Here is one picture; there are many others.
all of December
we wrote and hoped–
smiling today
Linda Baie ©