Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s finally feeling like spring here. We had a glorious day yesterday and looking forward to another today. Lots of bookish fun on the blog this week: 11 random facts about me for Readers’ Workouts Books … Continue reading →
Book: A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver Genre: Writing Publisher: A Harvest Original Publication date: 1994 Pages: 130 Source: Library Summary: A gentle teaching text with definitions, structures, and encouragement to read and write … Continue reading →
Who knew that A Poetry Handbook would be good for so many new words? Words to describe the sounds that letters make Words to describe the rhythm of a poem This week, I learned words that describe rhyme from page 59 of A … Continue reading →
Did you see the Full Moon? I missed the eclipse but had a rare opportunity to take photos of the moon at the Missouri Botanical Garden. For British Isles Friday, I posted about a cooking class for British foods with … Continue reading →
For National Poetry Month, I’m reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver and finding some delightful words to share for Wondrous Words Wednesday. Last week, the words were about the sounds that letters make. This week, I learned (and re-learned) … Continue reading →
Last week was busy on my blog! We had another week of great posts for British Isles Friday — it seems there was some pent-up energy for posts about Great Britain and Ireland in the book blogging community. Don’t miss … Continue reading →
April is National Poetry Month, so I’m reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver. Did you know that the sounds of letters have names, beyond vowels and consonants? After all, the soft s has has a different use in poetry … Continue reading →
The first British Isles Friday blog hop worked great last week! We had many participants with a variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to trip photos — including a description of tea with the Queen! Check … Continue reading →