Author Archives: Karin Fisher-Golton

Progressive Poem 2023

We’re nearing the end of National Poetry Month—just a few days left and they are weekend days. It’s a perfect time to revisit a favorite poem, read some new ones by a poet whose work you want to spend more … Continue reading

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Thinking of Pollinators on Earth Day Eve

For this Poetry Friday on Earth Day Eve, I’m sharing a poem that I started in February—usually early spring in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live. But this year was particularly rainy and cold. February felt more like … Continue reading

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A Few February Poems

I’m on my tenth year of writing poems every day in February—except that in 2016 I wrote a poem every other day, so really it’s the ninth year of poems every day, and the tenth year of February poems. Here’s … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Missing My Cousin Ira on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today is the first January 27 in 93 years without my cousin Ira, zikhroyne-livrokhe (may his memory be a blessing). On January 27, 2006, on his 76th birthday, the United Nations held the first designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, to … Continue reading

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For Every Little Thing: MCBD Book Review

Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) 2023! Use the #ReadYourWorld hashtag today and every day to find books that give more children opportunities to see people and characters like themselves and give everyone opportunities to see the rich and true … Continue reading

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Progressive Poem/National Poetry Month

Happy National Poetry Month! I’ve admired the progressive poem tradition as a reader for many years. I’m pleased that I was at the right blog at the right time this year to get to sign up and participate. Before I … Continue reading

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Happy Twosday!

As a lifelong fan of number patterns, I have been looking forward to this day for quite a while. Yes, I even took a screen shot on my phone at 2:22. If I could have done something about that battery … Continue reading

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One Whole Me: MCBD Book Review

Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) 2022!! For this year’s MCBD, I was delighted to receive a copy of One Whole Me: A Book about Being Bicultural written by Dia Mixon and illustrated by Natalia Jiménez Osorio. A big, warm … Continue reading

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Boy from Buchenwald: Holocaust Remembrance Day Book Review

One of the books I’ve read in the past year that has stuck with me most is Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Robbie Waisman with Susan McClelland. This first-person account from an eighty-nine-year-old (at … Continue reading

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The Generous Fish: MCBD Book Review

Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021! Celebrating books that allow children to read their world—to see themselves in books and to see the rich human diversity of this planet we share—is a good way to start any year, and especially … Continue reading

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