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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
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,
6/11/2022	She Burns Brightly	Free verse	earth,earth day,environme
6/11/2022	Prunellas Majestic Myrtles	Limerick	animal,flower,nature,poem
6/11/2022	Garden Sunflowers	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,flowe
6/5/2022	Night Operetta	Free verse	animal,environment,nature
6/5/2022	Cat Texting	Personification	animal,fun,funny,nature,p
6/5/2022	Planting	Haiku	environment,flower,garden
6/5/2022	Blue Hyacinths	Haiku	appreciation,beauty,flowe
6/5/2022	Gilded Dawn	Free verse	appreciation,light,mornin
6/5/2022	New Born Fuchsia	Haiku	appreciation,beauty,flowe
6/5/2022	Gift Of Lotus	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,flowe
6/4/2022	Elegance In Flight	Rengay	bird,nature,poems,poetry,
5/31/2022	Morning Breath	Free verse	appreciation,flower,morni
5/30/2022	Purple Irises In Bloom	Haibun	appreciation,flower,natur
5/30/2022	Purity Of Innocence	Free verse	perspective,poems,poetry,
5/30/2022	Jewelry Treasures	Tanka	appreciation,nature,ocean
5/30/2022	Only The Parrots Saw	Free verse	poems,poetry,
5/30/2022	Unseen By Most	Rhyme	angel,fairy,nature,poems,
5/30/2022	The Night Has Eyes	Rhyme	animal,cat,nature,poems,p
5/10/2022	Spring Is The Gift Of Hope	Free verse	animal,appreciation,bird,
5/10/2022	Stained Glass Wings	Free verse	animal,appreciation,bird,
5/10/2022	Canola In Bloom	Haiku	appreciation,flower,natur
5/10/2022	A Pink Marble	Tanka	appreciation,flower,natur
5/10/2022	I Come To Connect	Free verse	animal,appreciation,natur
4/22/2022	Oh They Are Not So Unassuming	Free verse	animal,insect,nature,poem
4/22/2022	Snowy Owl	Haiku	animal,bird,nature,poems,
4/22/2022	A Parrot	Haiku	bird,nature,poems,poetry,
4/22/2022	Amethyst Being	Free verse	appreciation,earth,nature
4/22/2022	In The Canyon	Free verse	dance,family,poems,poetry
3/28/2022	Orca	Free verse	animal,nature,ocean,poems
3/28/2022	Strawberry Dragon	Other	animal,fun,myth,poems,poe

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A little lie	Questionku	absence
Cyber real	Rhyme	computer,culture,identity
Chocolate Fountain	Villanelle	abuse,addiction,america,b
- 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,
Enigmatic Worlds	Free verse	earth,growth,life,world,
Amuse	Free verse	best friend,character,ima
living a creative life	Free verse	passion,peace,
Enlighten Me	Haiku	adventure,body,evil,forgi
The Obeah Woman	Rhyme	magic,mystery,
Who is the reader of poetry	Free verse	feelings,history,identity
THE MOAI	Free verse	adventure,art,beauty,cult
The Cuddling Cricket	Light Verse	baby,fantasy,funny,growin
Dril-Baby-Drill	Narrative	environment,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Without A Clue	Sonnet	games,
Red Hot	Free verse	nature,
A Vision Of A Child	Free verse	birth,children,jesus,
Words - The Heart of Imagination	Free verse	nature,
Niagara Falls	Verse	feelings,inspiration,natu
THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS	Free verse	evil,fantasy,fear,god,got
Tribute to Susan Boulet Art	Prose	art,death,native american
still life with fruit	Free verse	abuse,
The Maid of Orleans	Couplet	christian,conflict,courag
Periodical and Rash	Blitz	allegory,
Love Songs	Verse	nature,
A Journey To The Pearly Gates And Back Again	Free verse	beauty,heaven,love,miracl
Artumes armies	Rhyme	winter,
Roses Roses Roses POTD	Free verse	red,rose,
Holiday Goodies	Cinquain	children,christmas,food,
LAMP POSTS	Cinquain	light,sleep,
A stroke	Verse	anger,angst,
- Natures Beauty -	Couplet	beauty,magic,nature,
The Simple Pen	Didactic	change,education,identity
FREEDOM OF THE WRITTEN WORD	Free verse	art,imagination,inspirati
Another Day Before Nightfall	Free verse	jewish,joy,
Melodies linger	Terzanelle	music,
Who Is Cutting Down The Trees In The Rain Forests	Free verse	nature,,Lullaby,
Uplifting	Prose	giving,
Dorsiventrally Flattened Leaf	Ekphrasis	art,beautiful,beauty,gree
Where Are You Earth	Free verse	space,stars,universe,worl
Spider Robinson's Plug In	Sijo	addiction,
Lexi	Triolet	art,
CHARMING	Couplet	change,
Picture Perfect Haiku	Haiku	depression,loneliness,
Welcome to the Bijou	Free verse	age,
Nature's Way Constanza	Rhyme	day,nature,night,
Dew Upon the Rose	Free verse	destiny,
Introspection On Toast	Ekphrasis	food,introspection,life,s
The Knowers Are the Star Gazers	Free verse	stars,
This Gypsy Soul	Free verse	adventure,joy,love,
FINALLY	Epigram	nature,truth,
Naked	Free verse	magic,people,philosophy,p
Willow	Ode	tree,
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
Swamp Cajun Curse	Epic	identity,judgement,places
THE DOMINO EFFECT - SELFISH SELFIE	Free verse	technology,
The Rose	Rhyme	introspection,
ARE YOU RIBBING ME	Verse	death,deep,,western,
Eternally Six	I do not know?	adventure,childhood,famil
Idea Marbles	Bio	fun,how i feel,self,
Voodoo	Personification	imagery,lost love,love,me
MYSTIC MOON II	Haiku	heaven,light,moon,
Take Me Somewhere Exotic	Imagism	color,imagery,lost love,m
Pointing To The Problems	Free verse	earth day,emotions,fish,f
Broken themes	Quintain (English)	writing,
Ctrl-Alt-Del	Free verse	feelings,
Death Comes	Lyric	change,dark,death,horror,
Seasonal color	Couplet	color,imagery,summer,
Dear Jupiter	Personification	adventure,earth,future,hu
TRANSCENDENTAL LIGHT	Monoku	god,light,truth,
MISSING TOM	Rhyme	cat,humorous,
Blush	Haiku	feelings,
INSPIRATION	Monoku	immigration,inspiration,m
PEACE 2	Quatrain	change,
My Sanctuary Sonnet	Sonnet	imagery,love,morning,natu
Undone by GPS	Free verse	adventure,allegory,
Frolick	Rhyme	life,
Smells Like Government	Burlesque	corruption,satire,truth,w
The Total Eclipse Experience	Light Verse	adventure,fantasy,fun,fun
- Fly, Virgin Mary -	Tanka	beauty,insect,
Making Guacamole	Free verse	food,
The Mind's Cornfield	Terza Rima	allegory,death,emotions,f
Bluewing Falling	Free verse	beauty,butterfly,sad love
Beauty in the sky	Free verse	beauty,memory,mountains,p
MONDAY WITH BLUE BRUSHES	Free verse	art,
Daylilies	Haiku	beautiful,flower,summer,
tree	Senryu	family,hope,life,perspect
Yeast of Poetry	Free verse	poetry,
The gilded leaves of autumn sigh	Rhyme	autumn,nature,
She Wolf	Personification	animal,howl,
BRIGHT TEETH	Rictameter	autumn,