AK April Appearances

Hello, everybody! I’m trying to squeeze everything in before I hie myself back to Florida at the beginning of May…so if you can make it to any of these VA/MD appearances, I would *love* to see you! 14 — WBN reception, Cascades Library, 7pm 16 — WBN reception, One More Page Books, 7pm 17 — Maryland Romance Writers meeting…

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National Poetry Month, Day 5

I haven’t memorized this one yet in its entirety…but I will someday. Its cadence entrances me. anyone lived in a pretty how town by E. E. Cummings anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn’t he danced his did Women and men(both little and small)…

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National Poetry Month: Day Three

How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws! –Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Tweet

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National Poetry Month, Day Two

Another of my heroes: Gelett Burgess. Table Manners THE Goops they lick their fingers, And the Goops they lick their knives; They spill their broth on the tablecloth- Oh, they lead disgusting lives! The Goops they talk while eating, And loud and fast they chew; And that is why I’m glad that I Am not a Goop-are you? –Gelett…

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April is National Poetry Month!

I think that I shall never see A billboard as lovely as a tree because unless the billboards fall I’ll never see a tree at all. ~Ogden Nash April is National Poetry Month! I thought it would be fun–starting now–to post one poem a day here on the website and share with you some of the poetry I’ve loved…

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