SOL 9/31 & Poetry Friday: Overheard from the kitchen table

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the March Slice of Life Story Challenge community.

Thanks to Stacey, Betsy, Beth, Kathleen, Deb, Melanie, and Lanny

 for hosting this meeting place each day in March

and for nurturing our writing lives.

Head over to Michelle's blog,

Today's Little Ditty, for this week's

round-up of poetic goodness. 

Thanks, Michelle, for hosting this week!

Night four bedtime completed
of my son & wife's Hawaiian getaway.

Teddy is tucked in, 

Grandpa's watching PBS NewsHour,

and I'm sitting at the kitchen table

commenting on a few slices

before I will fall exhausted into bed.

Suddenly a powerful voice 
speaks to my poet's heart.

It's an unforgettable

Brief But Spectacular Life

by Elizabeth Acevedo.
PBS introduces the video segment:  
"This poet wants brown girls to know
they're worthy of being
the hero and the author."

Be sure to click on the link 
for this 3 minute, 19 second reading 
by award-winning poet, Elizabeth Acevedo.
You'll be reminded of the power of words 
to change the world 
and why we need poets 
"...to carry the torch of saying,
our stories are just as important
as any other stories."
So grateful I heard this
brief but spectacular voice.