Category Archives: Books

Poetry Friday: To Bless the Memory of Tamir Rice

Posted on June 5, 2020 by macrush53

I posted this image and link on my Facebook feed earlier this week. It’s s powerful collection of poems for our world right now. These poems need to be shared. This poem, “To Bless the Memory of Tamir Rice” really … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: A HATFUL of DRAGONS

Posted on March 19, 2020 by macrush53

These are gloomy times and we all need poetry to uplift us and make us laugh.  This is why I am sharing a new book by Vikram Madan. It’s A HATFUL OF DRAGONS: AND MORE THAN 13.8 BILLION OTHER FUNNY POEMS. … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: A Week of Kindness and Goodness

Posted on August 30, 2019 by macrush53

Thanks to Kat at Kathryn Apel for hosting our fab poetry community this week. What a week! I arrived home from California to find this book gift in my mailbox. Thank you, Amy VanDerwater for this treasure trove! Then yesterday, my … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Celebrating Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People’s Poet Laureate

Posted on May 31, 2019 by macrush53

Mary Lee Hahn at A Year of Reading has all the poetry goodness of the world. This week many in the Poetry Friday Literasphere are celebrating our new Young People’s Poet Laureate, Naomi Shihab Nye. I was thrilled to hear … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: Remembering Paul Janezcko

Posted on February 22, 2019 by macrush53

Thank, Robyn for hosting today at Life on the Deckle Edge. I’m glad you’re part of the Poetry Friday community. Winter can be a cruel season. Just last month, we month, we mourned the passing of Mary Oliver. This week, just about … Continue reading →

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SOL19: Finding Joy in Books

Posted on January 22, 2019 by macrush53

It’s Tuesday. Time for the Slice of Life Community found at Two Writing Teachers. Welcome the #2019SOLCommunity. If you have followed Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram over the last week, there have been a lot of comments made about Marie Kondo’s … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday: New Bridges, a haiku anthology

Posted on July 19, 2018 by macrush53

Thanks to Heidi at My Juicy Little Universe for heading up Poetry Friday this week. She has a terrific post on her week at PoFo Summer Poetry Teachers Institute. I’m popping in today to share some fabulous news. This anthology! … Continue reading →

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SOL17: Grandgirls and Reading

Posted on October 24, 2017 by macrush53

Thanks to Two Writing Teachers for providing a community for us to share our weekly slices. The grandgirls are growing up. One will be a teen next month, one is a preteen, and the youngest has just turned nine.  They’re … Continue reading →

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SOLSC17: 15/31, Some Books!

Posted on March 14, 2017 by macrush53

Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for holding space for us to sharing our writing every Tuesday.

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Poetry Friday: #10FoundWords

Posted on February 16, 2017 by macrush53

I am hosting Poetry Friday at Check It Out.  As part of Laura Shovan’s Fifth Annual February Poetry Challenge, I am providing #10 words from a recent news article.  I have been following the Department of Education and the new … Continue reading →

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