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What’s That Sound? Onomatopoeia Poem

This is VerseLove. We write poems together every day during April. Glad you are here. Our Host Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana.  Margaret has been an elementary school teacher for 38 years, most recently retired and teaching periodically as …

Reading Haiku

Welcome. We are on Day 21 of 30 days of VerseLove. Let’s circle back to haiku for brevity, but with a new perspective from today’s host. Our Host In May of 2025, Sharon Roy retired from 31 years of teaching  middle school in Austin, TX …

Deeds and Dandelions

Welcome. The poem writing inspiration is part of VerseLove, our celebration of National Poetry Month. Our Host Corinne lives in Detroit, Michigan, teaching in Detroit Public Schools Community District. She is an Education Specialist Student at Wayne State University. Corinne is a member of Alpha …

Press Play: Connections

This poetry idea is part of VerseLove, our celebration of poetry for National Poetry Month. Learn more here. Our Host: Stefani Boutelier Stefani is an Associate Professor of Education at Aquinas College in Michigan. She teaches courses for pre-service and in-service teachers in instructional design, …

Golden Hinge

Verselove is a community celebration of poetry in April—an invitation to write, read, and reflect together. You’re welcome to write a poem a day or to come and go as you need. Reading and leaving a brief note—a line you loved, an image that stayed, …

The Queen of Our Kitchens

Verselove is a community celebration of poetry in April—an invitation to write, read, and reflect together. You’re welcome to write a poem a day or to come and go as you need. Reading and leaving a brief note—a line you loved, an image that stayed, …

Beginning Again

Our Host: Stacey Joy Stacey Joy is a National Board Certified Teacher, Google Certified Educator, and 2013 L.A. County Teacher of the Year. Stacey has taught elementary school for 40 years in Los Angeles Unified School District, and she is imagining life in retirement at …

A Playful Cascade

Congratulations. We’re halfway. A gentle note for today based on some feedback: remember that we’re in this for the long haul, and there are a range of ways to show up. Some of us write every day, some once a week, some only on Tuesdays—whatever …

Taxing Matters

Verselove is a community celebration of poetry in April—an invitation to write, read, and reflect together. You’re welcome to write a poem a day or to come and go as you need. Reading and leaving a brief note—a line you loved, an image that stayed, …

Moments of Clarity/Haibun

Our Host: Ann E. Burg Ann lives in upstate New York with her husband and her scarededy-cat dog. She was a teacher for ten years and is now a mostly-middle-grade author. Drawn to stories of the disenfranchised and voiceless, she usually  finds inspiration in little …