#SkySurfing Update (July31st): 2 dozen pictures received (with grateful thanks), 10 pictures to go ...

On a more serious note. For my sweet brother John. Six months gone. #loss #grief #brother #family #sibling #restoration #mourning #poetry #poem #love

August 14th is WORLD ELEPHANT DAY! Calling all poet friends to post your pachyderm poems! And check out The Great Elephant Migration website to follow along (or visit!) the 100 life-sized sculptures on their migration. #elephants #conservation #poem #wildbirdfund

I tucked some summer sunshine away for later use. #sun #summer #sunshine

Each day I'll be posting poems from the Lyrical Language Lab Free Verse Contest: reneelatulippe.com/poetry-contest… Congrats to @KDRHowley for her poem "Freedom" (2nd place).

Smudge is the master of the "irked". #Cat #kitten #blackcat #grumpy #pussycat #pet

Weather has its way with all of us. Certainly does with me. #weather #rain #storm #sky #poem #poetry

The elephants will head on down to NYC in early September and installed in the Meatpacking District- Ironic- we know! Please support this worthy cause and remember our own Wild Bird Fund the host on this leg of the journey. Support them too please! thegreatelephantmigration.org

Another wonderful illustrator joining the crew of the Dirigible Balloon. Welcome aboard (and thank you sooo much) Jo Podmore @JoPodmore who is helping us with an illustration for Sky Surfing. Blown away by the generosity of all our poets and artists contributing to the anthology.

The deck is definitely stacked but you still gotta play your hand. #poem #poetry #poker #cards #fate #destiny

The arrival of the elephants in NYC! It was a grand day for all. Babar himself would be proud. #elephants #wildbirdfund #greatelephantmigration #conservation #coexistence #art #NYC #NewYorkCity #Migration

Zoom on over to The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 Balloon and dive in to 115 new poems posted in honor of National Poetry Day by the wonderful Jonathan Humble 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org

Digging in tonight with Georgia Heard and Ralph Fletcher Ralph Fletcher Memories and making new ones. #poet #poetry #memoir #memories #writing #teaching

It's feeling more summer than Autumn in NYC. But it's time to gather round the fire and tell our stories. Here is "Wolf Girl" read by Namakula thefeistybeast.com/wolf-girl

All SIX editions of The Toy magazine are now available to buy on our website. They make perfect #stockingfillers for little lovers of poetry and stories! Link in bio. #stockingstuffer #stockingfiller #shopsmall #giftideas

Happy Christmas to all my followers. Hope Santa brings you lots of books! 🎅😊

Wishing a very Happy Christmas to all our followers, readers and contributors. Thank you for helping us publish two more wonderful editions in 2024 bringing our total up to six! We hope you all have an amazing end to the year.

60 books up and flying. More to follow after Christmas. #SkySurfing #PoetryForChildren #JuvenileArthritisResearch

HUGE thank you to Chris Franklin Big Sky Editorial for creating this wonderful film for the dedicated team Wild Bird Fund - Keep 'em flying!