Grafted to my oak stem,
your pink camellia
fingers twined
so sweetly
that we formed
new growth. Continue reading
On camellias abloom in oak trees
Tag Archives: Writing Tip
On Lake Champlain
frozen feathers,
like winter remembers
swans
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Sunset in Westford
Sunset sledders,
free and unfettered,
plummet downhill,
as Saturn and Jupiter align. Continue reading
Perfect Petals
Write your story
for words are
perfect petals
that bring color
to the world.
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Hope is Green
hope is scented like
green tomatoes on the vine,
bitter and earthy
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Anticipating
anticipating,
the frisson of the unknown,
is better than knowing
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Daisy Days
crowded banks of daisies
drowse and nod,
smiling
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A Book by the Brook — Don’t Ask a Dinosaur
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
This light romp from Deborah Bruss and Matt Forest Esenwine has loads of laughs as dinos try wrapping presents and baking cakes in Don’t Ask a Dinosaur. The text has loads of those tough dino names, all with dots to separate the syllables into pronounceable snack-sizes. And it scans smoothly and rhymes! I know, I couldn’t believe it either. Plus, Louie Chin did a wonderful job bringing the dinos to vivid but not-too-scary life. Continue reading
Purple is a Choice
Choose Purple —
celebrate your mistakes,
own your struggle,
and honor your choices,
because that’s how we become
who we are meant to be:
victors.
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Bee Patient
towering salvia stalk,
every tiny purple trumpet
is tenderly touched Continue reading
Friendly Fairy Tales 