A Wild Roundup with Irene Latham!

Stop by Irene's blog Live Your Poem to

celebrate her 10 year blogiversary.  Check out her  

list of 14 things she's learned in 10 years of blogging.  

It's time to roll out the red leaf carpet,

and light the Chihuly glass

to celebrate our blogger friend, Irene Latham!

I was introduced to Irene at NCTE 2014
by my new friend, Kim Dooele.
Kim and I met at the newcomer's breakfast.

It was difficult to hide my wild excitement.  Newly retired

and attending NCTE for the first time, I couldn't believe 

that authors and poets and bloggers were everywhere,

attending the same sessions I was attending!  

I'm a fan of Irene's books,

Leaving Gee's Bend and Don't Feed the Boy. 

I was wildly ecstatic to snag a copy of her new book

Dear Wandering Wildebeest

and this picture with Laura Purdie Salas and Irene.

But the wildest thing I did this past year was responding to 

Irene's tweet inviting me to join the 2015 Progressive Poem.  

The days that followed were filled with wild dread

until my lines were penned and submitted.  

Then it was a wild frolic as we followed the

poetic adventures of our mermaid girl living without a net!

It's amazing to be a part of the blogging world.  

Thanks, Irene, for your wild support of so many bloggers

and congrats on this milestone, your ten year blogiversary!