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Poetry Prompt: Focus on End Words

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

This week author Callie Feyen reads the picture book ‘David Gets In Trouble’ and invites us to focus on end words. Do they make a mini-poem?

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Poetry Prompt: Like a Love Song

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

There are many ways to express love (some are quite silly). Take a drive with author Callie Feyen and her teenage daughter and listen to some love songs.

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Poetry Prompt: Love Poems to Words

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Author Callie Feyen invites us to write a love poem to words, allowing ourselves to respond to the Call to Adventure and bring back words to share.

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Poetry Prompt: What Silence Does

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she considers silence — what it is, what it does, and whether it’s useful. Then write a poem about it.

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Poetry Prompt: What Grows From Bright Darkness

By Callie Feyen 14 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she considers how the month of January and how the bright darkness can help usher in our hopes and dreams for the new year.

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Poetry Prompt: What Kind of Quiet?

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

How many kinds of quiet do you find (and feel) in your day? Join author Callie Feyen as she explores the many kinds of quiet that seep through our days.

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Writing Prompt: December

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

December can be a dark, lonely month. Join author Callie Feyen as she finds beauty in the last month of the year and prompts us to write along.

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Prompt: A How-To Story

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What rituals do you practice in your writing routine? Join author Callie Feyen in following how-to poetry prompts (or journal entries, stories, or collages).

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Poetry Prompt: Thanksgiving Poems

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Join author Callie Feyen as she recalls Thanksgiving beauty that spilled over into her wedding. And write your own Thanksgiving poem.

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Poetry Prompt: Inventory Poetry

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she takes an inventory of her kitchen and finds many prompts for poetry.

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Friendship Project: The Best of Friends

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Figs in bowl friendship

Our truest friends bring something out of us that we might not have the strength or courage to see if it weren’t for them. Callie Feyen reflects on true and best friends.

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Poetry Prompt: Cookie Poems

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

What’s the best cookie you ever ate? Why was it so good? Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt about cookies and a couple of fantastic friends.

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Poetry Prompt: Mysterious Observation turned into Poetry

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

What mysteries do you notice throughout your day? Join author Callie Feyen as she attempts to help a young writer turn those mysteries into a prompt for poetry.

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Poetry Prompt: The Female Monster

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she takes a look at vampires and the other monsters, including the dreaded lamia. And join us for a poetry prompt — if you dare.

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Poetry Prompt: On Mystery

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

Mystery surprises us, like an unexpected giraffe. Join author Callie Feyen as she offers a poetry prompt on mystery. And the need for exclamation points.

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Poetry Prompt: Begin with Your Feet Poems

By Callie Feyen 10 Comments

How does learning a new skill help free us to become more ourselves? Join author Callie Feyen as she begins with her feet in a Zumba class. Then write a poem!

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Poetry Prompt: Wasps as Metaphor

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

What metaphors can you find in your life to explore in your writing? Join author Callie Feyen as she considers a tree outside her home, and also, wasps.

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The Writing Life: Somehow Beginnings

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

Callie Feyen reflects on coming to the place in our writing life where we are both ready and willing and can “somehow begin.”

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Stairs & Ascensions Poetry Prompt: Beginnings

By Callie Feyen 13 Comments

What do first steps in a new season look like for you? How do they feel? Join author Callie Feyen as she navigates unravelings and beginnings.

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Poetry Prompt: Your Queen Mab—What Helps Or Haunts You?

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Brilliant Purple Flower Haunts

Join author Callie Feyen as she shares an excerpt from The Teacher Diaries, and explores the dreams we have that both help and haunt us.

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