I spent the day trying to figure out how to help our friends in Japan, Hawaii, and other areas devastated by today's earthquake and tsunami(s). I am just one person, but I realized with the network of talented poets I've built over the years, I actually have a lot to offer. Not enough time to …
Making Poetry Cool for School
I fell in love with a lot of poems when I was given the chance to look at them critically with my own eyes, perhaps even to disagree with the teacher or critics' opinions, and to debate that point in class with my peers. Oxford University Press has a new textbook for grade 10 English …
Taking the LEAP
American writer and poet Jamie Dedes, a former columnist and features writer, reviewed 'Leap' today in her Saturday Review series. I'm thrilled with her well-written, informative review (and tickled she'd put Anne Murray, k.d. lang, and Mark Vonnegut in the same sentence as my name) and wanted to share parts of it with my readers …
Celebrate Poet of 2010 Award
I'd like to thank Jingle and everyone in her wonderful poetry community for voting for me and the other talented recipients of the Celebrate Poet of 2010 Award. You can take a peek here to see this blog award and some other fun awards I've won lately. Sometimes, I even add a pair of sparkly …
Caption This!
Don't Blink—Day 7 Here's your Friday giggle and a challenge: caption this photo with as G a comment as you can (This blog is linked to my children's poetry site, I just want to keep things clean. Plus, it makes it more of a challenge). I can't think of anything rated PG, let alone G. …
Heather Grace Stewart 