My Life in Poems

sonnet I wrote my very first poem for a school assignment in the third grade. I remember the exhilaration I felt when the words came to me and I realized, “I can do this.” I wrote many poems for my teacher, Mrs. Blank, that year. I don’t remember them, but I remember...

Get Caught Reading

Editorial Apparently May is “Get Caught Reading Month.” Who knew? I am currently reading, and enthralled by, the book: The Sistine Secrets – Michelangelo’s Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican, by Rabbi Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner. The book was published...

Haiku Poetry Review

haiku There's a wonderful new children's haiku poetry book called, Hi Koo, A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth. Koo is an adorable panda bear who accompanies the reader on a tour through the seasons. The book with its delightful illustrations invites cuddling up with a...

Shakespeare’s Birthday

playwright Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! My absolute favorite Shakespeare quote is from Hamlet: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." (Act I, Sc v) Oh, what a world of wisdom is contained in that one...

Dawning

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