How was your weekend? My youngest child turned 17 this weekend so I am feeling every bit of my age. But at least they are an awesome person.

L is for Li-Young Lee: Lyrical Loneliness #NationalPoetryMonth #alphabetofpoets https://link.medium.com/Z5GjUoExLIb

Today’s poet for my National Poetry Month alphabet of poets is Maxine Kumin https://medium.com/@mirymom1/k-is-for-maxine-kumin-seeking-connnection-9d786874a2fd

Going classic for my alphabet of poets for national poetry month today with John Donne one of those poets I studied in school who really spoke to me. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/j-is-for-john-donne-spiritual-matters-de2ce42da9db

More alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. It's always lovely to remind myself how much I love poetry and how it works on my brain and heart differently than other types of writing. Today I bring you I is for David Irwin: Nostalgia in Smells: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/i-is-for-david-irwin-nostalgia-in-smells-2eab7262943c

H is for Langston Hughes in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/h-is-for-langston-hughes-america-singing-e9964f32539f

For national poetry month that collected an alphabet of poets. This Monday morning has brought to you by the letter G: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/g-is-for-louise-gl%C3%BCck-detached-subjectivity-320c1eb0a027

For my alphabet of poets for #nationalpoetrymonth up next is one of my longest standing poetic loves: E is for Emily Dickinson: Dwelling in Possibility https://link.medium.com/rVzS15BEyIb

Rita Dove is my letter "D" in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. https://medium.com/@mirymom1/d-is-for-rita-dove-different-angles-b402e9055b7d

My National Poetry Month celebration continues with C is for Lucille Clifton. Have you read "Homage to My Hips"? https://medium.com/@mirymom1/c-is-for-lucille-clifton-unapologetic-222870da46a9

Another poet in my alphabet of poets for National Poetry Month. Elizabeth Bishop! https://medium.com/@mirymom1/b-is-for-elizabeth-bishop-raw-heartbreak-b96e3b4482ce

It's April! (No Fooling!) which means it's also National Poetry Month. I'm posting an alphabet of poets this month highlighting poets who have mattered to me. Here's the first one: A is for Adrienne Rich: Passionate Skepticism https://medium.com/@mirymom1/a-is-for-adrienne-rich-passionate-skepticism-73c23ffc6478

Morning! How’s the view out your window today?

We're talking about our TBR lists for open book blog hop this week. Do you have yours planned out? Or are you more of a mood reader with a horde in store for a "rainy day"? #CoSoReaders https://samanthadunawaybryant.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-cant-wait-to-read-open-book-blog-hop.html

Book announcement! My latest short story publication is now available as an ebook or as paper. "Suburban Blight" asked, "What exactly is wrong with these trees?"

https://books2read.com/b/streetsoffire #CoSoWriters #CoSoReaders

So many daffodils on my walk yesterday. Do you have a favorite variety? #CoSoNature

My Retro double feature last night. I'd never seen or even heard of either film, but I'll be thinking about both for a while. #CoSoMovies

Nature’s first green is gold. . .

My writing room is finally complete! I started working on it in 2018, when my eldest kid went off to college. It started as a very pink and princessy little kid’s bedroom. But now it’s my writing oasis complete with luxurious rug and all my cozy stuff. #CoSoWriters

Small convention this weekend. I sold about a dozen books (which is not bad for such a small convention). But that really wasn’t the exciting part. It comes down to the interactions: the long conversations at the table and the curiosity and support for what I do. When I’m deciding where to put my marketing effort in writing, I suspect I don’t always make the right choices, or at least not the most profitable ones, but I get a lot out of going to conventions. They keep me going. #CoSoWriters