~Amy Poehler
Welcome! The Poetry Friday round-up is here.
Today we have also have info on making a writing retreat for yourself, the Winter Poetry Swap, and poems by Samantha Reynolds.
Have you ever thought about making your own writing retreat? It could be especially helpful if you are planning on doing NaNoWriMo (writing a novel -or poetry manuscript- during the month of November).
Here are some resources to help get you started:
* How To Design Your Own Writing Retreat
* How to Have the Perfect Weekend Writer's Retreat
* Rhonda Douglas on writing retreats
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The Winter Poem Swap: Would you like to send a poem and a small gift to a Poetry Fridayer by December 7 and receive one in return? Send me an email to sign up: tabatha(at)tabathayeatts(dot)com by November 7.
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My Four-Year-Old Poetry Teacher
by Samantha Reynolds
My brain is jammed
with the noise of errands
and the poem knows it...
read the rest here
Bonus: Turning Forty by Samantha Reynolds
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Add your link here, my dears!
Thanks for rounding us up!
ReplyDeleteI could use a personal writing retreat about now! Thanks for giving me a dream!
Tabatha!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I love the quote, "Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever." ~Amy Poehler. I immediately sent it to the authors I have lunch with regularly as a thank you to each of them.
The links to the solo retreats inspire me, particularly Christy Krumm Richard, since she retreated in Topanga Canyon, a place I can easily drive to.
And thank you for introducing me to Samantha Reynolds and her wonderful poem, "My Four Year Old Poetry Teacher." Her graceful observations fold one into the other and inspire me, too.
At TeachingAuthors I'm exploring the messiness of writing and rewriting one poem over time in my MESSY,PERPLEXING POETRY--ONE GAL'S JOURNEY. [My post WON'T BE LIVE UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.]:
https://www.teachingauthors.com/2019/11/messyperplexing-poetry-one-gals-journey.html
Thanks so much for hosting!
Thank you for being a gracious host as always, Tabatha! That Samantha Reynolds poem(!) Made me tear up, it's so lovely. Thanks for the Poem Swap invite, too - I'll go email you! XO
ReplyDeleteChildren seem to be born poets. What a gift to be able to see the world through a child's eyes. Thanks for the poem and for rounding us up this week! Happy November!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tabatha for sharing Samantha's poems they are exquisitely simple yet deliciously deep and yes please I would love to be part of the Winter Poem Swap. I'm in Australia will that matter? Thanks again for hosting this week's roundup.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, Tabatha, and for sharing Samantha's poems - her POV is completely relatable, and thought-provoking, too. Hoping to join your swap, but not sure yet!
ReplyDeleteThere is so much to hug in this post, Tabatha. Thank you for your generosity of spirit. I am saving all of this. xxxx
ReplyDeleteThat's such a great quote! It's so true.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting! Happy Halloween!
Reading Samantha Reynold's poems make me wish I'd journaled so much more of that everyday wonderment when the kids were small. It also might have come in handy for this month's DMC challenge! Thanks for hosting this week. XO
ReplyDeleteThanks for this inviting post Tabatha, just what I need after a full day of fall snow in Chicago… Curling up somewhere warm and writing sounds good to me. I love both of Samatha Reynold's poems but the "Turning Forty" was terrific. Nice play between her four year old and her turning forty. I would welcome a retreat, perhaps I'll dream about one… Happy Halloween, and thanks for rounding us up!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting today, Tabatha, and introducing me to Samantha Reynolds. She is my new favorite poet. I knew from the title I would adore "My Four-Year-Old Poetry Teacher." Little ones are so wise!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting today, Tabatha. I felt like I was on a mini-writing retreat, sitting here alone with the window open and the breeze rushing in-just reading Samantha Reynold's poetry. Thanks for introducing me to here and the blog posts on a solo retreat. I will think about the Winter Poetry Swap to see if I could squeeze it in.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for those links connecting to writing retreats. I appreciate it. I am avoiding working on my memoir. We have a house in a small town. I think I need to make a trip their by myself and see I can do work there.
ReplyDeleteI love Samantha Reynolds' poem. I live with my son, his wife, and their two year old daughter. I see the poetry in her all the time.
Hi Tabatha! Myra here. Thank you for hosting. Children are truly the best teachers of poetry, I couldn’t agree
ReplyDeletemore. :) I know I have been so MIA over the past few months - so many things happening, but know that my thoughts are always with this lovely and warm group every Friday. :)
You are one of my challenging and inspiring people. Thanks for the round up--back later this weekend as usual!
ReplyDeleteThanks for every bit, Tabatha. Having just returned from Highlights, the links to my own retreat are welcome. It's always sad when the retreat is over, so now I can cerate my own! And the poem is lovely. I will send it to former colleagues who teach those younger poets! Thanks for hosting, too!
ReplyDeleteDear Tab, thank you for rounding us up and thank you for all the beauty you bring to us and to the world on a regular basis. I count myself happyluckyblessed to know you! And: soon we will meet IN PERSON! YAY!!! xo
ReplyDeleteHow generous of you to provide not only Poetry Friday, but resources for our own retreat. I'm so grateful for this community. Otherwise, those "errand lists" would crowd out all this GOODNESS. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are providing resources for readers! Thank you for doing so. Thank you also for hosting Poetry Friday this week.
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting today! You share so much goodness. I love the idea of a writing retreat and ideas on how to make it happen..and the poetry swap...and that fabulous poem.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a busy, busy week. I'm flying in late, but thank you for this lovely post -- and for hosting today.
ReplyDeleteWow! I wasn't sure I'd make it this week! I read your post last night but barely managed to scrape my post together. I loved the Samantha Reynold's poems you shared, especially "My Four-Year-Old Poetry Teacher." I haven't yet had a chance to check out those writing retreat links, but will do so later this weekend. What a lovely thing to daydream about! Thanks so much for hosting this week!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tabatha for hosting this week! I really enjoyed the start of Samantha's poem and jumped over to read the rest.
ReplyDeleteYou've got me fantasizing about a writer's retreat! I've done NaNoWriMo a couple of times, but don't think I'll do it this year.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Samantha Reynold's poem. As I spend my afternoons with 2-6-year-olds, it really made me smile. Young children truly are poets--and the way they see the world is delightful and amazing.
Thanks for hosting this week!
I love the poem! And thanks for hosting! And for putting up my link for me! <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting us this week. I finally found (made) time to come back and read a few posts. Samantha's poetry is lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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