Poet's and Events

Poet Talk with Justine Quammie

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
  1. Writer Talk with Emma L. Sembly From Classroom to Children's Books — An Interview with Emma L. Sembly
  2. Mr. Krippet | A Children's Book About Hard Work, Kindness & Friendship by Emma L. Sembly
  3. Poet Talk with Sarah Merritt Ryan
  4. Poet Talk with Jim Krosschell
  5. Poet Talk with Ed Ahern
Poet's and Events

Poet Talk with Timothy Payton

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
  1. Writer Talk with Emma L. Sembly From Classroom to Children's Books — An Interview with Emma L. Sembly
  2. Mr. Krippet | A Children's Book About Hard Work, Kindness & Friendship by Emma L. Sembly
  3. Poet Talk with Sarah Merritt Ryan
  4. Poet Talk with Jim Krosschell
  5. Poet Talk with Ed Ahern
TTOT

Ten Things of Thankful – October 30 2020

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Happy Halloween and TTOT!! Let’s get the party started!

  1. grateful for sense of humor because of, yeah, life
  2. hot chocolate
  3. built in laundry room
  4. choices
  5. opportunities to feel good
  6. a freshly painted apartment exterior
  7. a repaired door and getting to call maintenance
  8. three pumpkins on the counter waiting to become baked
  9. I can still type, most days
  10. you – how about it? What are your thankfuls? Come have a treat with me and I promise, no tricks 😉

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Short Fiction, six sentence story

Cherished Innocence

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Bundled in a blue blanket, the infant looked up at the officer with the biggest, bluest eyes, cooing for a moment, with what seemed like an appeal for being held, which the officer took as an invitation. Carrying the baby into the station, cradling his head and jostling him, the officer rang the desk dell, summoning the assistance of Maisie, the one truly trusted woman he knew who would be best to entrust this little, sweet bundle.

“Lester, can’t you see I’m too busy for your shenanigans this morning…” Looking straight at the blue bundle, Maisie’s eyes softened, “well, now what do we have here, look at this beautiful child, and what’s this paper, is it a note?” A scroll of paper was tucked under the baby’s shirt and the note read:

PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE OF WILLIAM AS I AM UNABLE TO DO SO, HE IS ALL OF ONE MONTH OLD, A GOOD BABY, HE DESERVES BETTER THAN WHAT I CAN DO, HIS FATHER ABANDONED US AND I HAVE NO FUNDS TO CARRY ON

Maisie looked into Lester’s eyes and he return that glisten, leaving the infant with Maisie, he set out to investigate, hoping to find the mother who left the child at the station, and help her set up a better foundation for her to raise her son, and if not, well, he and Maisie knew what they needed to do.

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This is my response to the Six Sentence Story challenge. Care to give it a try? GO HERE