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The Best of It: Mid-April Edition
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Haiku Girl Summer Returns Soon!
While Frogpond is keeping me busy, I couldn’t let 2025 go by without a third year of Haiku Girl Summer. I adore running this journal! As with the past two years, the journal starts on June 1st and ends on September 1st. (I used September 1st as a surprise bonus post for the past two…
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The Best of It: This is 41 Edition
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A Buson Challenge Reading List
The day before my birthday, I completed a second round of the Buson Challenge. This time, I had friends joining me via email, Discord, and WhatsApp. Though I had a bigger group of writing buddies, this go-around was a bigger struggle than last year. Winter is not my most creative time, and the state of…
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The Best of It: Spring Has Sprung Edition
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Sunday Sharing: At the Start of Spring
I think spring is finally here to stay in St. Louis! I know March can be finicky, but the current weekend weather gives me hope. I had two haiku appear in print in the past few weeks! First, I made my first appearance in Mayfly. Although my copy hasn’t arrived yet, my dad got his…
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The Best of It: End of February Edition
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Sunday Sharing: Winter Poems
This year’s iteration of the Buson Challenge might feel like a bit of a slog, but the good news is that I have more winter poems than ever before! And two have gotten published in the last few weeks. I have four pieces over at Cold Moon Journal, one which is new, and three older…
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The Best of It: Mid-February Edition
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Some Recent Publications
I spent the better part of 2024 trying and failing to get in the habit of sharing my published work more often. On top of that, there’s the ongoing concern about how anything posted to a Meta site (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) is being used to train their AI. (I’m not even considering the dumpster fire…