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Poetry Prompt: A Walk in the Forest

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

This week, join author Callie Feyen and enter a place of mystery and magic in your neighborhood, then write about what you find.

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Poetry Prompt: Dream Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen and walk, run, stumble, and maybe even twirl towards your dreams in our Monday poetry prompt.

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Poetry Prompt: Walking Towards Beauty

By Callie Feyen 25 Comments

Author Callie Feyen invites us to take a walk, ask hard questions, and find beauty in a broken world. Share it through poetry.

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The Power of Curiosity: “Can I Touch Your Hair?” by Irene Latham & Charles Waters

By Laura Lynn Brown 5 Comments

Author Laura Brown discusses how curiosity deepens friendship, using the children’s book “Can I Touch Your Hair: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship.”

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Poetry, Friendship Poems, Friendship Project, Patron Only, poetry

Poetry Prompt: Question Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Join Callie Feyen as she contemplates whether it is asking the question, or finding the answer that makes us strong. Then get poetic with a question of your own.

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Poetry Prompt: Cupcake Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she and her young library patrons imagine up cupcakes to bake for their favorite Mother Goose and fairy tale characters.

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Poetry Prompt: Five Senses Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she hunts for spring with a group of second graders. Then get your own senses kindled and respond with a poem!

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Sun and Moon Poems: Night Poetry Prompt

By Callie Feyen 7 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she confesses her fear of teaching Romeo and Juliet, and realizes there is much more to see than what she’s afraid of.

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Smiles, Laughter & Joys: Humor Me Poetry Prompt

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

What happens when two authors who publish within days of each other find themselves celebrating at the same local hangout? Lots of laughter, thanks to great friends.

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Smiles, Laughter & Joys: What Joy Feels Like Poetry Prompt

By Callie Feyen 4 Comments

No matter what you're feeling, it's nice to have a friend by your side.

Join author Callie Feyen as she talks with kindergarteners about being frustrated and watches as they head toward joy, balloons in hand.

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Smiles, Laughter & Joys: Reading Treasure Prompt

By Callie Feyen 1 Comment

Join author Callie Feyen, a bunch of pirates, and a great group of kindergarteners and first graders as they hunt for treasure found in stories. Then write your own treasure poem!

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Poetry Prompt: Angry Poem Stacks

By Callie Feyen 9 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she shares how editor L.L. Barkat helped her pay attention to her anger using the Jealous Poem Stacks model.

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Tweetspeak Poetry Party: Skywoman Braids Sweetgrass

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Wildflowers Braiding Sweetgrass

Tweetspeak Poetry’s recent poetry party on Twitter resulted in ten poems about Skywoman, braiding sweetgrass, trees, and a gift.

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Poetry Prompt: Imagination Poems

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

What do you dream of when you are out in the world?

Join author Callie Feyen as she walks down a one-hundred-year-old alley and dreams about what it is she might become someday.

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Gratitude Poetry Prompt: Look For the Constants

By Callie Feyen 6 Comments

When something is confusing, can we find something constant and move towards that?

Author Callie Feyen’s only advice for understanding poetry is to compare it to a middle school group chat conversation gone awry.

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Poetry Prompt: Thankful Acrostics When Poetry Feels Like It’s Gone

By Callie Feyen 17 Comments

Settle Yourself In the Middle of Everything

Callie Feyen believed she’d lost the poetry of teaching, but Megan Willome showed her that poetry (and teaching) hadn’t lost *her.*

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Memories Poetry Prompt: A List

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Sometimes Turning Memories Into Stories Feels Like Climbing A Mountain

A good rule for writing true is, start with what bothers you. But what do we do when what bothers us is too much to figure into a story? How about making a list?

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Poetry Prompt: Come Back To Your Heart (Map)

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

What Do You Hold In Your Heart?

Looking for ways to tap into your memories and turn them into stories or poems? Try heart mapping, a creative exercise in exploring what you hold close.

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Halloween Poetry Prompt: Never Too Old For …

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

What is it that makes you remember gratefully, that you are always unfinished?

Join Callie Feyen as she confesses why Halloween is a favorite holiday, and also, that she hopes to never grow too old for its make believing.

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Poetry Prompt: Mystery Poems for Halloween

By Callie Feyen 18 Comments

What's the difference between mystery and fear?

What’s the difference between mystery and fear? Join Callie Feyen as she discusses trying to create mystery poems from what makes us afraid.

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