Poet Talk with Zaneta Varnado Johns
Writer Talk with Emma L. Sembly From Classroom to Children's Books — An Interview with Emma L. Sembly – Prolific Pulse Press Podcast
For Emma L. Sembly, every story teaches a lesson, and every life is a story.Emma is a life-long storyteller and lover of stories. As a child, Emma loved telling fantastical tales, starting with a captive audience consisting of her little sister. After she grew up, Emma continued to create stories that her students loved.With a bachelor's degree in psychology from Elmhurst College and a master's degree in reading from Johns Hopkins University, Emma set out on a thirty-seven-year journey as an educator in the Baltimore City Public School System, where she taught children with different abilities on both elementary and high school levels. During that time, she also created stories for her own daughter and niece, then for her grandchildren and great nieces.Now, Emma creates stories for children of all ages, especially the young at heart.Emma also has a podcast, Just Folks: Conversations with Emma, in which she provides a platform where regular, everyday humans can share their own stories with listeners of all persuasions. Life lessons shared.Drawing and writing poetry are among Emma's favorite things to do. She also enjoys planting red flowers around her home. And when she's not chatting it up with her kitty of thirteen years, she's having a blast with both of her Favorite Number One Grandchildren."What I have learned as a writer and podcaster, is that our stories, our bedtime stories, our fables, are the gateways to life's lessons," Emma says, "and we all have a story to tell."https://emmaleesembly.com/https://www.prolificpulse.com/emmalsembly
Beans and Rice – Dead Poets Live -Gwendolyn Brooks
Day 1 of Black History Month – I am devoting a post each day to black poets. Here is a reblog about Gwendolyn Brooks.
Gwendolyn Brooks, Consultant in Poetry, 1985-86 Image ID: LC-USZ62-107993
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
1917-2000
When I took a poetry class last year, we studied one of Gwendolyn Brooks poems: We Real Cool. This was followed by a Meetup when she was the featured Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She was also the first black woman to be named Poet Laureate of the United States. Brooks wrote over 20 books of poetry as well as other works, including a novel.
For Dead Poets Live I would like to devote the prompt focus on the works of Brooks.
Here is a link to tell you more about Brooks. Gwendolyn Brooks Biography
Following are some of my favorite Brooks poems:
To see what Gwendolyn Brooks wrote in The Bean Eaters, I would suggest going to the link, due to respect of the…
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Ten Things of Thankful – January 29 2021
Happy Friday and TTOT!! Let’s slide right into a beautiful day!
- Grateful to see a little snow, just a little and enough to go aww
- I got my knee injection yesterday. It takes about 4 weeks to work. And I am grateful to have it and that it doesn’t take longer to start working. It used to be a whole lot different where you had to have a series of these shots and they were very painful. This ones was not bad. Yes, I did some breathwork to get through it, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. My friend virtually held my hand. Thank you Wendy.
- Grateful to have a car.
- Grateful for stories to help me sometimes escape and sometimes sort things out.
- Grateful for kindness. When someone is kind it makes all the difference. I noticed that my orthopedic doctor’s office staff all smile with their eyes and do all they can to help. I even had one call me to assure me she could take care of my scheduling needs.
- Grateful for the ability to buy healthy food.
- Grateful for the support of those who subscribed to my YouTube channel so that more poets can be seen and heard.
- Grateful that my plans for Saturday will be fulfilled.
- Grateful that I have a heated blanket.
- YOU! I am thankful for you. How about you share with Jerry the Giraffe about your thankfuls…
Prolific Pulse Branching Out!
I love this! Thank you so much Susi!
My friend and WordPress colleague, Lisa Tomey, has started the Prolific Pulse YouTube Channel! She will do interviews, highlight podcasts with writers and poets, and do book reviews. Check it out and become a subscriber if you like what Lisa has to offer! Hope to see you there. 🙂
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