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Can We Share a Pot of Tea?
#VerseLove- Day 2 Weekend Coffee Share Poem Oh, join me for a pot of tea. While it steeps, lets settle at the table in the sun. By resting in the sun, I would glance out the window and make a comment about the wonder of nature surrounding us, probably asking you, “Did you see the…
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To Rest or Not?
My first day of Spring Break should have excitement quivering inside me. However, I feel drained, tired and just plain beat. I have no big plans for this week. The only initial thoughts were to clean, organize, exercise daily and meet up with friends a few times. Honestly, right now that seems like too much.…
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Oh What a Month….
Thank you to the Slice of Life community. This was my first year slicing and it was so meaningful. Thank you to the creators for this space that gathers teachers, writers and lovers of words. Thank you to all the slicers who put your thoughts out into the world so honestly. I was inspired by…
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
I borrowed this prompt from wahooliteracyteacher at https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/yesterday-today-and-tomorrow-sol23/. The post there was much lighter. I did not expect these words to flow out of me but they did. It was a way for me to process some of what I have been feeling. Yesterday I felt fear again at the news of another school shooting.…
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Applaud the Ordinary
I was just looking through my journal for the past year. It contains highs, lows, joys and griefs. Then I realized, that I never appreciate the ordinary day. Well, in all honesty, an ordinary day deserves a standing ovation. An ordinary day offers calm, peace, routines easily followed, no shake-ups or let downs. On these…
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Can Email Be Poetry???
While reading through Slices over the weekend, I noticed that Book Spine Poetry had been tried in a few posts. I was at a loss for what to write about today so I was scrolling through my emails. Then ding! Why not make a poem out of the headings in my email. I decided to…
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Spring Haiku Hunt
I just finished reading Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg. Part of my learning was that haiku does not need to be written in the 5-7-5 syllable pattern that I had always learned but it can just be 3 short lines. The tricky part is…
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Student Gift + Word Play = Math Poems
I was gifted this magnetic poetry kit by one of my students. He knows that I enjoy math and writing poetry. I was intrigued by the words that would be inside and how they would fit into poems. The little box sat on my shelf for a few months. Then today while I was cleaning,…
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Traditions Tether Us Forever
One generation tethered to the next strengthening, cementing cherished customs and values so a precious heritage does not fade into nothingness as family members one by one are pulled away from the world. As I was getting out my Easter decorations, I was struck by how I am still doing things done by my mother…
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Which movie is it?
I gave micro-writing a try with 6 word film plots. Can you figure out these movies? A twister, broomstick quest is success! Strong woman, arrogant man-perspectives change… Frigid water, unseen obstacle, unsinkable-wrong! Singing family defeats the Nazi plot Love between boy and visiting alien. Who will live? The games begin. Would love to see your…
Doodads and Doodles
A collection of casual word sketches about daily life
Collect moments, not things.
Doodads and Doodles 