by Xianna Michaels | Jan 15, 2015 | Books
mom From time to time I’ll share a poem I’ve written for children, often from the child’s point of view. I wrote this poem after watching a very young child bravely try to adjust to the new baby who had recently joined the family. Mommy’s Lap I love my baby brother,...
by Xianna Michaels | Jan 8, 2015 | Editorial
art Whenever I give workshops to elementary school students – usually on art, calligraphy, and poetry or some combination thereof, I always share with them my work-in progress. I will read to them and show them illustrated pages and they will be enthralled and always...
by Xianna Michaels | Jan 2, 2015 | Books
girl From time to time I’ll share a poem I’ve written for children, often from the child’s point of view. I wrote this poem for a workshop I did for a class of third grade girls. I wanted to make them smile – and teach them iambic tetrameter! Girls Melissa schemes and...
by Xianna Michaels | Dec 28, 2014 | Books
Month: December 2014 From time to time I’ll share a poem I’ve written for children, often from the child’s point of view. I remember the day I wrote this poem. I can still hear the clever little guy pleading with his mom: He didn’t feel well, but it’s wasn’t the...
by Xianna Michaels | Dec 21, 2014 | Editorial
Every summer my husband, Michael, and I are blessed and delighted to take a road trip with our grandchildren. Just us and the grands – no middle generation allowed. We started when the oldest was five and her brother two. We drove forty-five minutes and stayed for two...
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