Category Archives: poetry

Mistakes, Middle School and Poetry

Posted on April 20, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Those of us who grew up on Sesame Street spent a lot of time listening to Big Bird wax poetic about making mistakes. Everyone makes them, he said, why can’t you? But while Big Bird was chill with the idea, it took … Continue reading →

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Take Care

Posted on December 7, 2017 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I write. When I’m happy or sad or completely pissed off or trying to figure something out. Some of that writing stays in my journal. Some finds its way into my blog. Some finds its way into my books. Take … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner

Posted on May 23, 2017 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

If the windows are open on the last weekend in May, we wake to the sound of motorcycles. My husband makes coffee. The kids grab granola bars. And we all head over to the bridge overlooking I-66. Everyone from the … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Jacqueline Jules

Posted on February 10, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

You should see the variety of items Jacqueline Jules brings in to our writing critique group every other week. Picture books, poems, middle-grades, early readers. You name it, Jackie’s written it. This week, on the cusp of  the publication of … Continue reading →

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Children’s Poetry Blog Hop + Poetry Friday

Posted on November 14, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

In which I wax poetic about … poetry. The Mortimer Minute Poetry Hop started in September with April Halprin Wayland, who asked poetry lovers to share questions and answers about poetry – especially poetry for children. I got tagged by Jacqueline … Continue reading →

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