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(Verb) Thinking of too many things at once.

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garlic bread.

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This is an amazing visual poem, and I am in love! I wrote an ode to an onion once, but it wasn't quite as magical as this. #goals right here.

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““Your generation would probably ‘livetweet’ the apocalypse” you say, and you laugh You mean it as an insult, and I understand, Or you don’t because the word lies awkwardly on you tongue, stumbles as it leaves your lips, air quotes visible You meant it as an insult, so you don’t understand, when I look into your eyes and say “Yes” Because we would. It would be our duty, as citizens on this earth to document it’s end the best way we know and if that means a second by second update of the world going up in flames, or down in rain, or crushed under the feet of invading monsters so be it. It would mean a second by second update of “I love you” “I’m scared” “Are you all right?” “Stay close” “Be brave” It would mean a second by second update of the humanity’s connection with one another, Proof of empathy, love, and friendship between people who may have never met in the flesh. So don’t throw the word ‘Livetweet’ at me like a dagger, meant to tear at my ‘teenage superiority’ Because if the citizens of Pompeii, before they were consumed by fire, had a chance to tell their friends and family throughout Rome “I love you” “I’m scared” “Don’t forget me” Don’t you think they’d have taken the chance?”

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Sometimes it hurts when people scorn internet cultre (via herrsassyfras)

This is amazing

(via desuke-dragonqueen)

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Feeling this so much right now. Spent a hours scrolling through likes to find it again. Keep throwing love onto the internet friends!

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 16 A response to William Carlos Williams' poem "This is Just to Say". Photo of this poem is from the book Good Poems selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 15 Inspired by Chris Colderley's tribute to Sandra Ciscernos.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 14, inspired by Kwame Alexander's tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks and Beyoncé.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 13 Inspired by Marjory Wentworth's tribute to Mary Oliver in Out of Wonder.

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National Poetry Writing Month: Day 12, inspired by Chris Colderley's tribute poem to Judith Wright and a letter from my sister.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 10: Inspired by Marjory Wentworth, Billy Collins, and my morning commute.  

“How Billy Collins Writes A Poem” is from Out of Wonder, a fantastic book you should all check out. 

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National Poetry Writing Month, Day 8

Today’s poem is inspired by Chris Colderley’s Emily Dickinson tribute poem in Out of Wonder, and marriage. 

Learn more about Emily Dickinson. 

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National Poetry Writing Month, Day 7 

Today’s poem was inspired by Kwame Alexander’s tribute to Walter Dean Meyers and the news on the radio today. 

Learn more about Walter Dean Meyers.

Learn more about Out of Wonder. 

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 6

Today’s inspiration is Kwame Alexander’s Langston Hughes tribute poem, and the magic of a Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald song. 

Learn more about Langston Hughes.

Learn more about Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.

Learn more about Out of Wonder.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 5

Today’s poem inspired by a Nikki Giovanni and Chris Colderley’s tribute poem in Out of Wonder. 

Learn more about Nikki Giovanni’s work. 

Learn more about Out of Wonder.

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 4

Today’s poem was inspired by Basho, a Japanese poet from the mid-1600s, known for popularizing the haiku, and Chris Colderley’s tribute poem from Out of Wonder. 

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National Poetry Writing Month Day 3 poem inspired by e.e. cummings, Kwame Alexander's tribute poem, and my husband.

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National Poetry Writing Month, Day 2. In Every Season by Marjory Wentworth comes from the book Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander.

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My poem for Day 1 of National Poetry Writing Month and the poem it’s in response to. This year I will be writing response poems, starting with poems from Kwame Alexander’s book Out of Wonder.

Learn more about Out of Wonder here.

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#BusStories: No. 11 Air-Conditioned Bliss. On days so hot I sweat standing in the shade, I glide onto my bus and that wall of cold air soothes my face. I smile as heat rolls off my shoulders. No traffic, no worries, This here is a blessing: an hour of air conditioned bliss. #poem #airconditioning