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Monday, May 2, 2016 3:05:54 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Basketball Dreams:
Stephanie said, "Photo © Abdullah Bin Sahl, Flickr Creative CommonsI recently deleted this poem from a collection I'm working on because it didn't quite fit, but I can't leave it sitting in my computer. This one is for you, Deb Gonzales. ..." more
Monday, October 12, 2015 12:46:35 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Basketball Dreams:
Stephanie said, "Photo © Abdullah Bin Sahl, Flickr Creative CommonsI recently deleted this poem from a collection I'm working on because it didn't quite fit, but I can't leave it sitting in my computer. This one is for you, Deb Gonzales. ..." more
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 8:59:05 AM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled For yesterday's black bird:
Stephanie said, "Photo by jnyemb, Flickr Creative CommonsCrow Knows Gray day:murky pallcasts shadeupon all.Sun's glare,a white wall,beats throughthe dim sprawl. No rainfalls anew,no restfrom dull hue.Black birdwith high view,seems to knowwhat to..." more
Monday, May 4, 2015 2:38:21 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Another tree poem here ...:
Stephanie said, "Flickr Creative Commons: ZaCkyTREEOld tree stretches giant arms wide.Among her branches treasures hide:Time-faded kite tail,Half a light-blue shell,Brown squirrel,A small child.© 2015 Stephanie ParsleyThanks once again to The Miss Rumphius Effect's..." more
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:01:33 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Swing!:
Stephanie said, "Flickr creative commons: OAPHOTOWINGSThis swinghas wingsto flyme high.My feetcan't beatthis seatfor thrilland sky.© 2015 Stephanie ParsleyThanks to The Miss Rumphius Effect for the poetry stretch: create a monometer, a poem in which each line has..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:50:24 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled In Progress: Problems with Beethoven:
Stephanie said, "Flickr CC: sheep purpleMegan left her piano to-do list sitting out. How could I resist? I stole her title and a few of the items from her list. I wish I could post audio of her practicing at night. Her Beethoven is coming along nicely.Problems with..." more
Monday, November 10, 2014 10:42:11 AM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled For Veteran's Day:
Stephanie said, "Crew of "Colleen," just four months before they went down on Guam. My great-uncle, Leslie Evans, Jr., stands on the back row, far left. I do wish I could have met him.Below is an excerpt from my picture book manuscript, Won't Be Long, retrieved..." more
Friday, October 31, 2014 4:11:35 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled In Progress: On My Porch:
Stephanie said, "Some mornings, Natalie wants to go outside and wave Aaron off to work in the dark. Occasionally, we'll stay and watch the morning come, and even though it makes us behind on some other things, it's a magical start to the day.Flickr Creative Commons:..." more
Friday, June 27, 2014 2:50:08 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Thinking on quiet things:
Stephanie said, "Photo © 2013 Stephanie Parsley, taken as my family returnedfrom what was likely a not-so-quiet fishing expedition This week's stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect is all about quiet, something I treasure. The poem below started..." more
Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:56:47 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Beach Haiku:
Stephanie said, "Photo ©<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE <![endif]--> Andreas Fozzman, Flickr Creative Commons How to Find a..." more
Friday, May 2, 2014 5:53:29 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Night Sketch 1:
Stephanie said, "Photo © 2014 Stephanie Parsley<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE <![endif]-->At the foot of my bed lies the..." more
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 5:39:40 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled No Fool-y:
Stephanie said, "Photo © 2010 Stephanie Parsley Spring (Truly)Hatchlings peep newly.Sky stretches bluely.Trees waken throughly.Grass glistens dew’ly.Days warm Woohoo!-ly.© 2014 Stephanie Parsley "Just the Right Word" poetry stretch from The Miss Rumphius Effect..." more
Friday, March 28, 2014 4:09:56 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Traffic, Coldness, Boy:
Stephanie said, "<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE <![endif]--> Photo © 2009 Stephanie Parsley CrossingThe boydarted out,..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:25 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Tomato Talk (and a Poem):
Stephanie said, "Photo by: benmcleod, Flickr Creative CommonsAs a child, I felt cheated by tomatoes. They didn't taste as good as they looked. And they were a fruit -- a fraudulent fruit that tasted like a vegetable. When my mother made tacos, she always tried to..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:25 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Affair:
Stephanie said, "After so many years grief becomes a solitary thing: you Google herat work, the library air thick with late May.Around you swirls of students,some the ageshe would be, flutter and throb,as you click and clickthe online family treeto see her..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:25 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Ideograms, I have mixed feelings about you.:
Stephanie said, "But I wrote one anyway.This week's poetry stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect involves writing a cardinal ideogram poem. I ditched the "cardinal" (numerical) aspect and used letters instead. This type of poem involves looking at the shape of numbers..." more
Monday, February 11, 2013 6:38:22 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled A Double Dactyl Poem About a Man Before His Time:
Stephanie said, "Delft, 1675(Or: Why Many of Leeuwenhoek's Letters Remain Unpublished)Higgledy-piggledy,Anton van Leeuwenhoek,uneducated inscience and such,made tiny microscopes,spied spirogyra, siredmicrobiology—published in Dutch.(c) 2012 Stephanie ParsleyEver..." more
Friday, December 7, 2012 4:09:04 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Opposites Poem:
Stephanie said, "Photo by: Mikecogh, Flickr Creative CommonsThis past Monday's poetry stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect was all about opposites. I resisted the challenge of writing an opposite poem because I could not think of a perfect pair of words to write..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 7:49:02 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled On the way to work, I saw a boy swinging:
Stephanie said, "Photo: clvrmnky, Flickr Creative Commons SwingingI like to swing. Pump---stretch.I don't need help. Kick---reach.I sit in the seat. Lean back---fly.I swing by..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 7:49:02 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Poem in progress: Home:
Stephanie said, "Photo by cdsessums, Flickr Creative CommonsThis week's Monday poetry stretch is to write a poem about home. After the past few years' missings, leavings and moves, I found these words (and a cat) waiting when I sat down to write. And as I've been..." more
Monday, October 1, 2012 10:06:14 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled Missed Connections:
Stephanie said, "The poetry challenge this Monday was to write a "personal ad" poem. I immediately started thinking of the "missed connections" section of the classified ads of many local weekly papers. The ads go something like this:I was working the counter at..." more
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:11:25 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled From the pink Post-its::
Stephanie said, "Pen me, peel me,p o s t m e prominently forperfection in e p h e m e r a le x p r e s s i o nThanks to the Miss Rumphius Effect for the challenge: Write a poem about school supplies. "
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:28:44 AM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled I Came to a Corner:
Stephanie said, "Observed on the back sidewalk of my new home: a heartcreated by sunlight through a hole in a patio awningFor much of 2012, I've been feeling rootless and a little down. One of my go-to poems when I'm feeling this way is "When You Come to a Corner,"..." more
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:49:03 PM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled What You Know:
Stephanie said, "Your daughter Hannah died 15 years ago, when she was seven months old. It doesn’t take much to bring you back here: the photo of that baby, Avery, online with her bucket list*, because that’s how Hannah looked, and so you don’t read Avery’s..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:47:09 AM
Stephanie Parsley wrote a blog post titled I've moved!:
Stephanie said, "Find me at stephanieledyard.com."