Once again at the end of November came the suggestion to share daily haiku, this year from Jone MacCulloch , with the hashtag #haiku...

I do realize that on this eve of the Winter Solstice few of us are considering that universe of sweetness known as the watermelon.  But be...

cover & interior art by Miranda Barnes In my hands I hold the third volume of THE BEST OF TODAY'S LITTLE DITTY, poems collected ...

Our criti q ue partner Molly Hogan set this month's challenge, called “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” She writes, 'I pa...

I'm coming to Poetry Friday this week from the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English!  Here is a link to the ...

The Sunday Poetry Swaggers group challenge is on again, set this month by Linda Mitchell.  Our challenge this month is to celebrate Nation...

I watched the debate last week and fell off the Inktober wagon in the process.  Last night I had some catching up to do, involving words...

Before the poetry, a climate action PSA:   Black Friday is your next opportunity to stand with youth and  call for policy to recover ou...

So it's really a challenge for illustrators, but as we learned last week, INK KNOWS NO BORDERS, so plenty of people whose inkstrokes lo...