tangledon the pale spiresof the broken flowersof the lost summer-Mary Oliver It's Poetry Friday! Right on cue, the weather reminded us that this week marked the beginning of fall. The lines above from "The Snowshoe Hare" by Mary Oliver also reminded me that fall is in the air and inspired these lines. Although I love the word "autumn" (probably a more poetic word), sometimes "fall" just fits.

It's Poetry Friday! I love coming across writing invitations that work to get my creative juices flowing, especially when I'm stuck. In her mid-month Heart Beats newsletter this week, Georgia Heard shared an exercise she conducted during her workshop "Words That Sing and Soar" with Irene Latham given through The Poet's Studio. She chose five words to share with participants and asked them to write a poem using all five words.

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