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I've been writing and creating stories since I was twelve. I love reading poetry as well as writing it and have had a number of poems published over the years. I've also had a couple of short stories published in Canadian childrens publications. I'm also an artist and a lover of nature and animals.

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Hopes Of Springs Return Poetry Contest

Blog Posted:1/14/2023 4:46:00 PM

If you're like me, you're already burned out on winter. I am looking forward to spring and getting outside for some sun, again. My contest, "Pen A Rictameter, Hopes Of Springs Return Poetry Contest" is now open for entries.

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Constance
La France

Date: 1/15/2023 7:41:00 PM

ML, I have had totally enough of winter here in Canada, so Spring is sounding pretty darn good, Constance

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 1/15/2023 7:16:00 PM

Sounds like a very nice contest to host. Good luck with it.

My Past Blog Posts


The contest, "Pen a Rictameter, Hopes of springs return", has been finalized! Date Posted: 1/27/2023 12:21:00 PM
Hopes Of Springs Return Poetry Contest Date Posted: 1/14/2023 4:46:00 PM
I've not been on in awhile Date Posted: 12/17/2022 3:41:00 PM
Whats Cooking on the Grill this Summer Contest, Has Been Finalized! Date Posted: 8/12/2022 10:26:00 AM
Contest Finalized Date Posted: 4/8/2022 6:33:00 PM
Contest Finalized Date Posted: 3/3/2022 12:47:00 PM
Finalized: Give me a Rictameter! contest Date Posted: 2/16/2022 11:51:00 AM
A Buggy Tanka Contest Has Been Judged Date Posted: 9/11/2021 4:13:00 PM
Tanka Contest has been judged. Date Posted: 6/3/2021 8:18:00 AM
Contest has been judged... Date Posted: 5/28/2021 11:10:00 AM
Spring Haiku - Finalized Date Posted: 4/26/2021 11:02:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
6/18/2023	A Rhapsodic Delight	Free verse	animal,bird,nature,poems,
6/18/2023	Rainbow Moment	Free verse	appreciation,earth,enviro
6/18/2023	Opal	Haiku	appreciation,earth,nature
6/18/2023	Lonely Lighthouses	Rhyme	appreciation,nature,ocean
6/18/2023	Tree Huggers See the Soul of Trees	Free verse	appreciation,earth,enviro
6/18/2023	Mother Natures Crafting	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
6/18/2023	A Night At the Falls	Free verse	nature,poems,poetry,water
6/18/2023	Auroras Paint Party	Free verse	nature,poems,poetry,seaso
6/18/2023	Within Gaias Tribe	Free verse	animal,earth,garden,natur
6/18/2023	Foxglove Faeries	Rhyme	earth,fairy,fantasy,natur
2/21/2023	Collecting Tide's Gifts	Free verse	appreciation,nature,ocean
2/21/2023	Sketching Facade	Haiku	animal,art,nature,poems,p
2/21/2023	This Special Place	Rictameter	appreciation,color,earth,
2/21/2023	Master's Echo	Free verse	appreciation,music,poems,
2/21/2023	A Whole New Respect For Our Insects Nursery Rhyme	Rhyme	children,nursery rhyme,po
2/20/2023	Deja Vu	Free verse	poems,poetry,spiritual,
2/19/2023	Gaia's Nursery	Personification	appreciation,flower,natur
2/19/2023	Concentric Circles	Monoku	fish,nature,poems,poetry,
2/18/2023	Generations Greening	Haibun	nature,poems,poetry,solit
2/14/2023	A Rippling Dance	Monoku	nature,ocean,poems,poetry
2/14/2023	Evening On the Bridge	Free verse	animal,bird,nature,winter
2/14/2023	Newborn Sprouts	Haiku	appreciation,beauty,flowe
2/14/2023	Tea Time In the Desert	Free verse	appreciation,drink,peace,
2/14/2023	A Buck Dreams of Tasty Spring Treats	Rhyme	animal,poems,poetry,seaso
2/12/2023	Meeting Brother Wolf	Free verse	animal,dog,dream,friendsh
2/12/2023	The Seeker	Rhyme	nature,poems,poetry,praye
2/12/2023	A Tiny Sand Crab	Tanka	animal,nature,ocean,poems
2/12/2023	Sea Holly	Haiku	flower,nature,poems,poetr
2/12/2023	Beetle	Free verse	appreciation,car,fun,poem
2/8/2023	Springs Tempests	Sonnet	poems,poetry,seasons,spri
1/31/2023	A Celebrational Rebirth	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
1/31/2023	In Each Step Peace Resides	Free verse	appreciation,peace,poems,
1/27/2023	Too Eager To Ride Fireflies	Free verse	fairy,fantasy,poems,poetr
1/27/2023	Does Mother Moon Sleep	Rhyme	children,dream,fantasy,mo
1/27/2023	The Land of Bedelay	Rhyme	children,fantasy,places,p
1/27/2023	The People Who Live Deep Underground	Sonnet	children,fantasy,myth,poe
1/27/2023	The Wee Folk of Bensham Bog	Haibun	animal,children,fantasy,m
1/27/2023	I Rode Upon a Sea of Dreams	Rhyme	children,dream,fantasy,po
1/27/2023	A Worthy Dragon Is Always Rewarded	Rhyme	animal,children,fantasy,m
1/27/2023	The Life of Any Party	Rhyme	animal,children,fun,poems
1/27/2023	We Are Cats; We Are Tabbies	Rhyme	animal,cat,fun,humor,natu
1/20/2023	I Am Turtle	Free verse	animal,appreciation,natur
1/20/2023	Seasonal Adventures	Free verse	appreciation,autumn,natur
1/20/2023	In Regal Blue	Tanka	animal,appreciation,bird,
1/20/2023	In the Womb's Flow	Free verse	animal,appreciation,natur
1/20/2023	A Stellar Show	Free verse	planet,poems,poetry,sky,s
1/20/2023	Colorful Wonder	Sonnet	animal,fish,nature,ocean,
1/20/2023	Gaias Dreams	Free verse	nature,poems,poetry,seaso
1/20/2023	Winds Howl	Haiku	nature,poems,poetry,sound
1/20/2023	Grasshopper	Haiku	earth,insect,nature,poems
1/20/2023	Its Natures Fashion	Rhyme	appreciation,earth,nature
1/14/2023	Pink Water Lilies	Haiku	appreciation,flower,natur
1/14/2023	Grand Nebula Carina	Free verse	appreciation,poems,poetry
1/14/2023	Joyous Depths	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
1/14/2023	Scarlet Feathers	Haiku	animal,bird,nature,poems,
1/14/2023	Dolphins Chatter	Tanka	animal,nature,poems,poetr
1/14/2023	Rainbow Abalone	Haiku	animal,appreciation,natur
1/14/2023	Upon a Winters Outing	Rhyme	animal,appreciation,earth
1/14/2023	Red Fox Totem	Rhyme	animal,appreciation,earth
1/14/2023	A Natural High	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
1/14/2023	Yggdrasil Salutes the Sun	Rhyme	appreciation,mythology,po
12/20/2022	After Deliveries Santas Elves Get a Treat	Rhyme	celebration,christmas,fan
12/20/2022	Christmas Memory	Free verse	appreciation,celebration,
12/20/2022	The Finest Christmas Pet Store Ever	Rhyme	christmas,fun,holiday,poe
12/20/2022	A Winter's Eve Walk In the Snow	Rhyme	appreciation,nature,poems
12/20/2022	Santas Hired a Dragon To Train Shy Elves	Rhyme	christmas,fantasy,fun,hol
12/20/2022	Autumns Final Bow	Free verse	appreciation,autumn,natur
12/19/2022	Nest	Tanka	animal,bird,nature,poems,
12/19/2022	Winter Walk	Haiku	appreciation,nature,poems
12/19/2022	Woodland Stories	Haiku	appreciation,nature,poems
12/19/2022	A Year of Faeries	Rhyme	appreciation,fairy,poems,
12/19/2022	A Holiday Rainbow	Free verse	appreciation,christmas,ho
12/19/2022	Nature Dresses For the Holidays	Free verse	appreciation,christmas,ho
12/19/2022	Holiday Friends	Free verse	appreciation,celebration,
12/19/2022	Faerie Dust	Haiku	fairy,fantasy,nature,poem
12/19/2022	Baby Doves	Haiku	animal,appreciation,bird,
12/19/2022	Encounter On Campus	Free verse	animal,appreciation,bird,
12/17/2022	Celebrate Your Splendor	Prose	birthday,celebration,happ
12/17/2022	Tiny Fledglings	Rictameter	animal,appreciation,bird,
12/17/2022	The Bridge of Dreams	Free verse	appreciation,flower,natur
12/17/2022	Ferns Cascade	Haiku	appreciation,nature,poems
12/17/2022	A Share With a Friend	Free verse	animal,appreciation,bird,
12/17/2022	Wisteria Bridge	Prose	appreciation,flower,natur
12/17/2022	Gaia's Love	Free verse	appreciation,earth,enviro
12/17/2022	A Tired Bluebird	Haiku	animal,appreciation,bird,
12/17/2022	White Birches	Haiku	appreciation,flower,natur
12/17/2022	Cumulus	Haibun	animal,earth,nature,poems
8/12/2022	Planetary Alignment	Haiku	poems,poetry,space,
8/12/2022	Full Moon In Rise	Haiku	moon,poems,poetry,space,
8/12/2022	Ship Docking	Haiku	poems,poetry,science fict
8/12/2022	A Planet In Andromeda	Tanka	planet,poems,poetry,space
8/12/2022	The Cottonwood	Haiku	appreciation,nature,poems
8/12/2022	Meteor	Haiku	poems,poetry,star,
8/12/2022	To Land a Mockingbird	Free verse	animal,bird,cat,nature,po
8/12/2022	New Life Cycle	Free verse	appreciation,art,beauty,p
8/12/2022	Hues of Blue	Tanka	appreciation,nature,poems
8/12/2022	The Tantrum	Personification	nature,poems,poetry,rain,
6/11/2022	A Convergence In the Moment	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
6/11/2022	Everyone Is a Student and Teacher	Free verse	muse,poems,poetry,
6/11/2022	Natures Beginnings	Free verse	animal,appreciation,bird,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Chocolate Fountain	Villanelle	abuse,addiction,america,b
A Little Lie	Questionku	absence
Cyber Real	Rhyme	computer,culture,identity
- I Have a Dream -	Verse	how i feel,war,
Dreamcatchers	Haiku	native american
Reflecting	Haiku	nature
The Artist Awakes	Haiku	introspection
Haiku Lesson	Haiku	nature,
The Stone Garden-2	Free verse	art,beautiful,garden,insp
Opinion	Dramatic Monologue	satire,spoken word,
Living a Creative Life	Free verse	passion,peace,
Enlighten Me	Haiku	adventure,body,evil,forgi
Amuse	Free verse	best friend,character,ima
The Obeah Woman	Rhyme	magic,mystery,
Enigmatic Worlds	Free verse	earth,growth,life,world,
The House of Spirits	Free verse	evil,fantasy,fear,god,got
Still Life With Fruit	Free verse	abuse,
The Moai	Free verse	adventure,art,beauty,cult
The Cuddling Cricket	Light Verse	baby,fantasy,funny,growin
Who Is the Reader of Poetry	Free verse	feelings,history,identity
A Vision of a Child	Free verse	birth,children,jesus,
Without a Clue	Sonnet	games,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Dril-Baby-Drill	Narrative	environment,
Red Hot	Free verse	nature,
Words - the Heart of Imagination	Free verse	nature,
Periodical and Rash	Blitz	allegory,
Love Songs	Verse	nature,
Artumes Armies	Rhyme	winter,
A Journey To the Pearly Gates and Back Again	Free verse	beauty,heaven,love,miracl
Niagara Falls	Verse	feelings,inspiration,natu
Lamp Posts	Cinquain	light,sleep,
Tribute To Susan Boulet Art	Prose	art,death,native american
Roses Roses Roses	Free verse	red,rose,
Holiday Goodies	Cinquain	children,christmas,food,
- Natures Beauty -	Couplet	beauty,magic,nature,
Freedom of the Written Word	Free verse	art,imagination,inspirati
The Maid of Orleans	Couplet	christian,conflict,courag
A Stroke	Verse	anger,angst,
The Simple Pen	Didactic	change,education,identity
Another Day Before Nightfall	Free verse	jewish,joy,
Nature's Way Constanza	Rhyme	day,nature,night,
Spider Robinson's Plug In	Sijo	addiction,
Melodies Linger	Terzanelle	music,
Who Is Cutting Down the Trees In the Rain Forests	Free verse	nature,,Lullaby,
Dew Upon the Rose	Free verse	destiny,
Uplifting	Prose	giving,
Introspection On Toast	Ekphrasis	food,introspection,life,s
Where Are You Earth	Free verse	space,stars,universe,worl
The Knowers Are the Star Gazers	Free verse	stars,
Lexi	Triolet	art,
Charming	Couplet	change,
Dorsiventrally Flattened Leaf	Ekphrasis	art,beautiful,beauty,gree
Finally	Epigram	nature,truth,
Welcome To the Bijou	Free verse	age,
Picture Perfect Haiku	Haiku	depression,loneliness,
This Gypsy Soul	Free verse	adventure,joy,love,
Willow	Ode	tree,
Naked	Free verse	magic,people,philosophy,p
1999	Free verse	friendship,high school,i
Peace Prayer	Free verse	native american,peace,pra
A Historic Habitation	Ode	earth,nature,society,
Springtime On the Prairies	Blank verse	beauty,color,flower,image
The Rose	Rhyme	introspection,
Missing Tom	Rhyme	cat,humorous,
Blush	Haiku	feelings,
Are You Ribbing Me	Verse	death,deep,,western,
Broken Themes	Quintain (English)	writing,
Peace 2	Quatrain	change,
Eternally Six	I do not know?	adventure,childhood,famil
Mystic Moon Ii	Haiku	heaven,light,moon,
Death Comes	Lyric	change,dark,death,horror,
My Sanctuary Sonnet	Sonnet	imagery,love,morning,natu
Seasonal Color	Couplet	color,imagery,summer,
Undone By Gps	Free verse	adventure,allegory,
Swamp Cajun Curse	Epic	identity,judgement,places
Frolick	Rhyme	life,
Dear Jupiter	Personification	adventure,earth,future,hu
The Domino Effect - Selfish Selfie	Free verse	technology,
Transcendental Light	Monoku	god,light,truth,
Voodoo	Personification	imagery,lost love,love,me
Somewhere Exotic	Free verse	color,imagery,lost love,m
Inspiration	Monoku	immigration,inspiration,m
Pointing To the Problems	Free verse	earth day,emotions,fish,f
Ctrl-Alt-Del	Free verse	feelings,
Idea Marbles	Bio	fun,how i feel,self,
Bluewing Falling	Free verse	beauty,butterfly,sad love
Monday With Blue Brushes	Free verse	art,
Daylilies	Haiku	beautiful,flower,summer,
Yeast of Poetry	Free verse	poetry,
I Belong To the Lake	Free verse	beautiful,mountains,
Dreamers of Dreams-A 360 Double Helix Reversible	Rhyme	death,destiny,dream,
Smells Like Government	Burlesque	corruption,satire,truth,w
Upon Autumn's Stage	Couplet	autumn,imagery,nature,
The Mind's Cornfield	Terza Rima	allegory,death,emotions,f
Finding Yourself	Shadorma	heart,identity,image,meta
Astral Mystery	Rhyme	mystery,space,
Can'T Say	Free verse	imagery,imagination,intro
Deep Inside	I do not know?	dark,deep,
The Total Eclipse Experience	Light Verse	adventure,fantasy,fun,fun