One of my poems from my picture book "Rainbow Crow" is featured today on Substack Every Day Poems , from tspoetry. What a happy Friday surprise! ✨ Goodnight Crow open.substack.com/pub/everydaypo…

A poem from all the poems I've learned by heart this year? Glory be! meganwillome.com/2023/10/25/poe…

Close Reads HQ is reading the first book of Kristin Lavransdatter, The Wreath. At my Substack, Poetry for Life, I'll be dropping in poems. The first one is on Ragnfrid, Kristin's mother. meganwillome.substack.com/p/poeming-book…

I knew there was a reason I couldn't finish my Goodreads review of Dave Eggers' "The Eyes & The Impossible." Today it won the Newbery. friends: Keepers of the Equilibrium when you lose yourself to beauty goodreads.com/book/show/6324…

Each Tuesday in February, @calliefeyen and I will be writing about the Caldecott winner and some of the other books considered. I begin with the first Caldecott I ever loved, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. meganwillome.substack.com/p/the-art-and-…

the TINY WILDFLOWERS show is up! @fredericksburgartguild instagram.com/p/C-HxntjvThE/…

We hung poems and art! And people came and beheld Tiny Wildflowers. All month at Fredericksburg Art Guild. With paintings by Nan Henke and poems by Megan Willome.

Meet the friends behind my new poetry collection, "Love and other Mysteries." I begin with Fr. Enda McKenna, who suggested the idea of writing poems from hikes while we walked in the dark around the high school track, during a boot camp exercise class ... ten years ago.

So grateful to Glynn Young, best poetry reviewer ever, for his piece on "Love and other Mysteries." tweetspeakpoetry.com/2024/12/05/poe…

It's the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and I am sharing a poem from my new collection, "Love and other Mysteries" — a poem inspired by a song, "Mary Walked through a Wood of Thorn."

"Maybe you were keeping them in the attic (are there attics in Texas?)” –L.L. Barkat #love #mysteries #poetryforlife #substack meganwillome.substack.com/p/dear-ll

Poetic correspondence, with LLB, on "Love and other Mysteries." meganwillome.substack.com/p/dear-ll

Give yourself A Thrill of Hope this morning, poetry friend. Sit down with a warm cuppa and read the poems in the latest issue from The Clayjar Review // CLOSED FOR SUBS They graciously accepted two of my poems. Today I am sharing "Not Alone," about the Annunciation. clayjar.review/issues/thrill-…

So thrilled to have my poem "Fox at the Funeral" featured in the new issue from The Clayjar Review // CLOSED FOR SUBS, "A Thrill of Hope." Go to clayjar.review/issues/thrill-… and read all the great work!

I wrote a piece on reflection for chronicjoyministry about Psalm 42 and the Breastplate of St. Patrick. Which of course meant I had to mention Arvo Part's magnificent choral piece, "As the Deer Cries." chronic-joy.org/deer-heart-a-t…

The book origin story behind my new poetry collection, "Love and other Mysteries." open.substack.com/pub/meganwillo…

We did it, my husband and I. We took on the “wings of death” and lived to tell the tale. Watch our Hot Ones-style video, in which we interview each other about our writing projects. Stay spicy, friends! youtu.be/0ivu1zQcymU

Gonna be in San Antonio on April 2nd? Join me at The Twig Book Shop at The Pearl for poetry, memoir, and joy.

sharing The Greatest Line of All Time from Ted Kooser's poem "january 29." @cmupress instagram.com/reel/DJZzFWKyr…