March Musings ‘19: All Things Poetic

As March draws to a close, I look to April for all things poetic to come to be. 

march on morning
softly past daybreak hours-
spring stillness surrounds
©CV, 2019

Poetry has always been close to my heart. It has been my comfort, my joy, and even a cathartic fixer-upper. With pen in hand at an early age, I crafted thoughts from a bank of noticings and wonderings. During April, National Poetry Month, I will continue to write poetic thoughts and curate the poetry of others. Join me as I celebrate all things poetic with others around the world.

"National Poetry Month each April is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry's important place in our culture and our lives." (poets.org) 

To bring digital awareness of poetry to social media, I will devote this month to unveil my global galleries of artistic expressions, Abundant Autumn and Winter's Embrace. You may even see an invitation to write about springtime splendor.

Special Announcement: On Monday, April 8th #NYEDChat and #WonderChat will combine to discuss "Creating A Positive School Culture With Poetry." Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, poets and publishers, will co-host the Twitter chat from 8:00-8:30 pm EST so please mark your calendar.

 

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SAVE the DATE - Join Us!

I will also join Irene Latham's Progressive Poem group who will create a collaborative children's poem during National Poetry Month.  April 16th is my day to add a line.



I am looking forward to a vigorous and exciting National Poetry Month.

Now it is time for the Poetry Friday Roundup. Carol Wilcox is hosting at Carol's Corner.

Day 29 of 31 days of writing

March Slice of Life Story Challenge

Two Writing Teachers

March Musings 23: Nor'easter 4

Wednesday night as the nor'easter settled down for a #winterinspring nap, I captured its beauty, wondering what to expect next. 

Knowing that the morning commute across Long Island would be long and laborious, I went to sleep but the thought that my the alarm would not go off made me jittery. I kept waking and checking outside my window. Each time I looked, it appeared that the snow inched higher and thicker than before. 

A quick wake-up call announced, "Two hour delay for my workshop presentation." I peered out from my window. The neighborhood was even more still than the night before, except for huge snow droppings from heavily snow-laden limbs. Off  I went to get a few more winks of sleep until another call woke me. "Workshop canceled. It's a snow day." 

A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky - unbidden -

and seems like a thing of wonder. - Susan Orlean

...and so as the tale goes, Lady Winter continued to hang onto her winter dreams and created one more #winterinspring day.

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Poetry Friday is being hosted today by the wonderful children's poet and writer, Laura Purdie Salas at Writing the World For Kids. 

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Please Save The Date, April 9th, for the combined #NYEDChat/#Wonderchat  to hear from Laura Purdie Salas, Irene Latham, and Charles Waters as they celebrate National Poetry Month with twitters.

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Day 23 of Two Writing Teachers' March Slice of Life Story Challenge