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Blackout poetry is centuries old but was also popular in the Dadaist movement. More recently, @austinkleon.bsky.social has helped bring attention to the form. Here's a particularly silly piece that I created (found?!?) by blacking out parts of an Associated Press article. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Thrilled to have a poem in issue 46 of The Solitary Daisy!

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Jamie has brilliant eye and a gift for visual composition. Check out his photography!

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One of the fun things about working with meter and rhyme is that it almost works like solving a puzzle. You not only have to have a creative idea, but you also have to solve the puzzle of fitting each word into the poem's structure. It's sneaky math!

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"Haiku!" said my friend. "Watch out," I replied. "Poems can be contagious." #HaikuSaturday

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This post inspired a "one-word poem" (a poem that takes a single word for a title and then only uses those letters to write the text, reflecting the meaning of the word). The odd layout is b/c the letters of the poem are aligned beneath the letters in the title. #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing

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This week on the blog, we take a look at another type of concrete poetry: the drawing poem! #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #kidlit #booksky shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/h...

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I adore the humble limerick. And the not-so-humble, generally difficult, and typical ornery goat. This week's #wordoftheweek from The Toy Press let me combine the two. #poetrycommunity #poetry #kidlit #writingforchildren #poetryforkids

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I don't love reading the news, but occasionally you get to read a story about a Scottish Highland Cow stalking the Connecticut hills like an adorable, shaggy cryptid. apnews.com/article/bull...

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Writing submissions for Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure open on Monday, Feb 24th, but the selected artwork & submission guidelines for this issue are up on the blog now! #kidlit writers, take a look at these incredible illustrations and get crafting! www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/an-ekph...

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I adore the humble limerick. And the not-so-humble, generally difficult, and typical ornery goat. This week's #wordoftheweek from The Toy Press let me combine the two. #poetrycommunity #poetry #kidlit #writingforchildren #poetryforkids

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Keep sending us your middle grade #kidlit and YA submissions for the next issue of PaperBound! Writers AND illustrators welcome! 👇

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Here's a Wednesday #haiku for you! #poetry #poetrycommunity

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The soundtrack has been hip-hop lately. Here are a few albums in the rotation: Bando Stone and the New World - Childish Gambino Igor - Tyler, the Creator Mm...Food - MF Doom Done by the Forces of Nature - Jungle Brothers GNX - Kendrick Lamar Phrenology - The Roots The Grind Date - De La Soul

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Here's a Wednesday #haiku for you! #poetry #poetrycommunity

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This katydid from Ecuador has been affectionately named by photographers "candy-cane katydid". The truth is... we are not sure which species it is. One possibility is a Harroweria nymph, but until someone witnesses the transformation into the adult stage it will remain a mystery.

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This issue's prompt is this photo of a Northern Flicker in Michele's garden! Send in your haiku by Wednesday, Feb. 21 at midnight PST. Details here: thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...

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I'm not 100%, but based on a few searches I'm guessing this was most likely created by a nursery web spider. If anyone knows any better I'd love to be sure. #spider #spiderweb #arachnids

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#EmotionalSupportSpood #FingerSpood (Young Phidippus clarus lass, grooming a foot) Goodnight y'all 🤎

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I've been meaning to catch an Unrivaled game, but hadn't gotten around to it until tonight. Watching Phantom vs. Laces and loving it. Can't wait to catch more.

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Eublaberus marajoara, a beautiful rainforest cockroach with an interesting mask-like pattern on its pronotum. I encountered this enigmatic roach in the Ecuadorian Amazon almost 10 years ago, but it is now well-known within the roach keeping community as ink splotch roach.

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Your periodic reminder that teachers and librarians are superheroes.

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Thanks to Nathaniel Swift for this #prompt. Here's a poem for younger readers called The Planetary Parade #poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetryprompt #planetaryparade

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Who else wants to write a poem called Planetary Parade? I'll post mine later today! #poetry #prompt #PlanetaryParade

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Caught sight of this spider web while walking around on my lunch yesterday. No idea the type of spider it might belong to, but I'd love to hear from anyone who might have suggestions. Located in central Oklahoma #naturephotography #spiders #arachnids #natire

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Instead of looking at the news, look at these moths. Love them. Adore them. Accept them as our new Arthropod Overlords. All hail the moths.

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This poem, about one of my absolute favorite animal oddities, made my day immediately better. And the illustration is stunning!

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