Encouragement for Poets

Poetry-curious? Please come in!

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  • Humble Beginnings

    I recently taught my 7 year old nephew how to write his very first poem. Haiku is always a great place to start. We talked about traditional haiku, how they tend to focus on nature, and he started coming up with ideas right away. We brainstormed about tigers, and then (one of my favorite topics… Read more

  • The Potato-Banana Tree

    A Cardinal Royal Mountain Ash is good enough for me (even though I kinda wish it was a Potato-Banana Tree). At least when I climb its berried branches in the snowy, crackling winter, it’s guaranteed I will NOT get a potato-banana splinter. by Léna R. and Jay B. Dominion Arboretum Ottawa, Ontario Read more

  • Coast of Maine, January

    All day silence drifted White tufts blanketing earth Quiet as our breathing by Mary Jo and Steve M. Read more

  • “ENOUGH” PROJECT- Please Join!

    I hope we all have moments when the natural world takes our breath away! From a cloud that you feel amazed by to an inchworm climbing onto a picnic table, you can find a sense of surprise, delight, awe if you pay attention to the world around you. The goal of this project is to… Read more