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Friday, May 2, 2014

Post-Poetry Month Tidbits

What a Poetry Month we've celebrated! Now I hope to backtrack and read the many intriguing posts I've bookmarked for later enjoyment. In case you missed any of ours, here's a recap:

We each read one of our favorite poems aloud. (Of course, it was a difficult choice!) You can hear:


I had tons of fun writing Wednesday Writing Workouts about different poetry forms. I gave myself a weekly writing assignment and wrote a new poem (or several) to accompany each one:


For our Fifth Anniversary Blogiversary Book Bundle Giveaway, we gave bundles of 5 books each to 5 winners. We are thrilled with our readers and tickled to read all of your smart, funny, thoughtful comments. Thank you for inspiring us!

If you haven't yet, you can still enter for a chance to win a copy of Jill's Angry Birds Playground: Rain Forest.

And now it's May, which so far looks a lot like April . . .

. . . except in my neighbor's yard!

May is Get Caught Reading month!

Be sure to check out the We Need Diverse Books Campaign. Use the hashtag ‪#‎WeNeedDiverseBooks on Twitter and/or find it on Facebook.

Katya hosts today's Poetry Friday Roundup at Write. Sketch. Repeat. Enjoy!

JoAnn Early Macken

4 comments:

  1. It was a pleasure reading so many of everyone's posts here, JoAnn. Happy May!

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  2. Thank you, Linda! What an exciting April we had--I hope we can keep the momentum going throughout the year!

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  3. This is quite wonderful JoAnn. Poetry Month is a sweet sea of great sharing, ideas, poems, thoughts, it is thoughtful of you to collect these links in one easy to find island, to return to over and over. Thank you!

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  4. This is quite wonderful JoAnn. Poetry Month is a sweet sea of great sharing, ideas, poems, thoughts, it is thoughtful of you to collect these links in one easy to find island, to return to over and over. Thank you!

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