Category: My Creative Work
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Chickadee Our Earth Day Representative
Chickadee is the kick-off poem for this year’s STUCK Bumblebee Poetry Challenge co-hosted by Cindy Mackey and me. This kenning is a poetry form that puts a figurative compound word to work in place of an ordinary noun. The chickadee is an excellent Earth Day representative because it is a…
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Happy Poetry Month
Happy Poetry Month! Begin here to embark on a journey to the The Land of Poetry… 30 lines by 30 poets in 30 days.
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Go Nurture Nature
I recommend kidlit books in Exploring Kidlit LOVE It lists. What books for children have you found that spread the word about caring for our planet’s future? The future is in our hands. Please join us for the STUCK Bumblebee Poetry Challenge at https://jpuglow.substack.com/
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Appreciation
National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week is March 1 – 7, 2026. Here are twelve tiny letter poems that speak to the elements often used in and/or associated with picture books.
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Outstanding!
Thank you, National Science Teaching Association and Children’s Book Council for this incredible honor.
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Abundance of Hope
Oh my goodness! “Abundance of Hope” was chosen as one of the winners in the #FallWritingFrenzy 2025. I am so very grateful for this honor. Thank you, Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Sanchez. I entered the 2025 #FallWritingFrenzy to spread my thoughts about our need for a good and sweet year of abundance…
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Grand Prize Winner!
I got this incredibly cool message today from Karen Greenwald, Jennifer Buchet, and Stephanie Wildman! “Joyce, CONGRATULATIONS! You are a GRAND PRIZE WINNER in this year’s 2025 #SunWriteFun! 😍 🥳 🤩” Thank you Susanna Leonard Hill for donating her valuable time for this critique prize! I am equally excited to be honored…
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Nonfiction Poetry
ARRIVAL: A TINY TALE received an Honorable Mention in Vivian Kirkfield’s #50PreciousWords 2024 contest, which I am honored to share.
