Originally posted on Writing for Kids (While Raising Them):
by Dev Petty I know, I know…You’ve probably read or been told you should write every day. Twenty minutes? Thirty minutes? Some number of minutes that gets you off your behind and typing away. But I’m here to suggest a different approach, something especially useful for…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
One of my true love’s nicknames is ‘Ducky’ So today I am attempting an ideaogram.  I didn’t want to do the Sidman exercise just as it was suggested  because I have written a poem like that before, so instead I came up with a variation on her exercise. For this…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Thankyou for the chocolates I am sure they seemed like the perfect gift the present you give when you don’t know people that well They are so tempting cherry soft centre turkish delight peppermint laced in chocolate with traces of cashew and macademia Everybody loves chocolate but I’ve discovered once…

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
So today is the humourous praise poem! ** Never ending or retreating you appear each day in diverse array Multicoloured patches of the way a family works and plays You could be a rainbow leading to treasures of faraway lands silks and spices market bazzar You could be the way…