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Teacher, writing project director, writer, reader, maker, learner. I blog at https://thinkingthroughmylens.com
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So much to love about the last days of school. #sliceoflife #writing #zines #penpals

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Possibilities and Pen Pals
Today marked 7 more school days until the end of year. It’s a bittersweet time of year. I can’t wait for summer, the way my schedule changes, spaces for some travel, time for family, wa…
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May 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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30 poems in 30 days. Thanks #npm25 for a great month of #writing #poetry. #verselove #reflection

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How Many Poems? #NPM25 Day 30
A poem a day for 30 days, which also means I have read poem upon poem upon poem for 30 days. I’ve read poems to my students, poems written by my students, poems offered as invitations, poems …
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May 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Writing under the influence of If. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove #sliceoflife

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If: NPM25 Day 29
Last week I came across a list of someone’s favorite children’s books of 2025 and was immediately drawn to If I Could Choose a Best Day. It’s a collection of poems that all begin …
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April 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Expect the unexpected #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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A Change in the Schedule: NPM25 Day 28
Ducks in a row meetings planned appointments pointed and then POP the crown detaches quickly pushed back into place but the damage is done to the dental work to the schedule to the planning to the …
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April 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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An ode for Sunday. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove #ode

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Ode to the Sea: NPM25 Day 27
Traffic crawls lot’s full secret parking is not so secret today a sea wall of humanity lines my beach (I’m not mad, everyone should have a relationship with the sea) As I walk, the sea …
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April 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Write about a minor ailment. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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Irritating Eyes: NPM25 Day 26
Scott’s prompt to write a poem about a minor ailment made finding a subject easy, but figuring out how to make a poem of it was much harder today. And as often happens, I had to find a struct…
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April 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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April 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A #poem from the room of #ordinarythings. #npm25 #writing #dandelion #haiku

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Room of Ordinary Things: NPM25 Day 25
For today’s poetry inspiration in our first grade classroom, I pulled out Georgia Heard and Rebecca Kai Dotlich’s Welcome to the Wonder House and we read a poem or two from each “…
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April 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Capturing some classroom springtime in a #haibun. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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Springtime Haibun: NPM25 Day 24
Spring is a time for bees and buds and blossoms. It seems that everything is in motion, including my students. We’ve passed the time of settled in and are now in the time of change. Plants ar…
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April 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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When there are too many things to do, #write a poem. #npm25 #poetry #verselove #spring

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Things to Do: NPM25 Day 23
There is a certain kind of overwhelm that enters the classroom when the number of remaining school days drops below 30. Student learning skyrockets with confidence at its maximum–these should…
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April 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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What poem will you write for #earthday? #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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An Earth Day Prose Poem: NPM25 Day 22
Sometimes Ocean roars in like a dragon, frothing and swirling, energy radiating from every salty drop, tossing boats, leveling cliffs, chasing swimmers to shore. Every scale and feather ripples in …
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April 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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When a listicle becomes a poem. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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Five Things I Did Last Week: NPM25 Day 21
Five things I did last week: Rolled with an earthquake on a Monday morning in my classroom while my students were out at their music class. It was not THE big one, but it was a big one. Realized I …
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April 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Today's poem is all about #lines. #npm35 #poetry #writing #photography

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Life’s Lines: NPM25 Day 20
Some days a prompt is meant to be reinterpreted. That was today for me. Susan at Verselove offered a prompt called Lingering Lines that was born of lines from plays, movies, music… Those line…
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April 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Today is for food #poetry. #npm25 #writing #memories

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Sunday Swearing Lessons: NPM25 Day 19
Today Jordan at Verselove invited us to write food poems. As soon as I read that invitation my mind took a trip back in time to those occasional Sundays spent with my dad’s Uncle Bob (maybe m…
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April 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Some random words to inspire today's poem. #npm25 #poetry #writing #randomwords

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Random Words: NPM25 Day 18
What happens when a list of random words become the inspiration for poetry? Today’s Verselove prompt was to generate some random words and use them to write a poem. I googled words for purple…
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April 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Playing with form. #npm25 #poetry #writing #6wordsfortheenvironment

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Some Hay(na)ku for the Earth: NPM25 Day 17
A couple of weeks ago I learned a new poetry form. Related to Haiku (3 lines, 17 syllables), Hai(na)ku consists of three lines, the first line with one word, the second with two words, and the thir…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Today...an #etheree. #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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This is the World: NPM25 Day 16
Some days writing opportunities mesh, with one complementing another. Verselove offered a form today: an etheree. I’ve written to this form before (you can see an etheree about poppies here).…
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April 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Do you dream in color? #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove #color #prosepoem #photography

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Dreaming in Color: NPM25 Day 15
Last night I woke up in a dream reaching for color. I could see it, just beyond my fingertips. Words pushed and pulled in my brain, like poetry chewing gum, stretching to capture the colors in that…
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April 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Where's your safe harbor? #npm25 #poetry #writing #verselove

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Safe Harbor: NPM25 Day 14
I’ve been reading a memoir called The Salt Path by Raynor Winn–and while I’m not yet halfway through–I’m struck by the way the relationship between the couple sustains…
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April 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A Haiku for today. #npm25 #haiku #writing #love #poetry

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Latte Love, a Haiku: NPM25 Day 13
Espresso stamped with deliciously heart-shaped foam that’s a latte love
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April 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Can you really have too many books? #npm25 #poetry #writing #books #verselove

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I’m Addicted to Bookstores: NPM25 Day 12
I can’t resist a great bookstore or even a not so great bookstore. Wherever I travel, bookstores are always on my list of places to visit. I’ve been trying hard to stop buying books and…
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April 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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A #poem that is a #photoessay. #npm25 #wildflowers #photography #writing #verselove

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I Don’t Remember–A Photo Essay: NPM25 Day 11
I don’t remember when I fell in love with wildflowers Maybe it was when I danced to the music of wild mustard forehead to forehead with great blue heron clapping the beat Maybe it was when th…
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April 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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An invitation to look closely. #npm25 #poetry #verselove #writing #photographychallenge

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Slow Down: NPM25 Day 10
Today’s Verselove prompt was an invitation to look closely–something I find that my camera helps me do. So after a stroll through my camera roll, I found my inspiration. Slow Motion Fir…
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April 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Today was all about some poetry #play. #npm25 #poetry #writing #firstgrade #game

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Poetry Play: NPM25 Day 9
During the pandemic I accidentally discovered the power of poetry dice.  Not the pre-made ones that you purchase.  Those are great, but when my students weren’t in my classroom, I figured…
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April 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Building an ecosystem. #npm25 #writing #poetry #firstgrade #sliceoflife

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Poetry Ecosystem: NPM25 Day 8
Some days it’s the unplanned lessons that have the best results. A few weeks back I came across a picture book that looked interesting. I ordered it, it arrived, and I set it aside. Then yest…
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April 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM