Constance Levy featured on Poetry from Daily Life

Hi everyone,

I’m delighted to feature CONSTANCE (CONNIE) LEVY this week in Poetry from Daily Life. Here’s the link to her guest column. https://www.news-leader.com/story/entertainment/2025/02/02/poetry-from-daily-life-dont-talk-just-do-poems/78035177007/

Connie has never gone after volume. She waits until she has something she wants to say and then says it well. One of my favorite of her poems is about a seagull at the beach, checking out a sandwich, planning how to swipe it from its unsuspecting owner. One year I wrote an article for Missouri Reader and Connie provided a poem and brief piece about her writing. I loved it.

Connie has won numerous awards for her work. She brings to it her experiences as a teacher, parent, lecturer, writer, poet, and lifelong observer. I hope you will share her column with others. During the course of this week the column will appear in half a dozen papers in three states, starting with our host paper, Springfield News-Leader. More than 100,000 readers will have access to her thoughts. I’d like to double that.

And the Word for February Word of the Month is…

Hi everyone,

You had fun PLAYING in January. Time now to turn your creative attention to a new word. Be inspired by the February prompt suggested by MARGE WALDSCHMIDT. Her word is BRAVO. What can you do with that? I’m eager to find out. And thank you, Marge!

Added note: There is an established place to post poems of the month. Go the the box along the top of the page and use the Adult W.O.M. Poems section. That way all the poems are in one place and visitors can scroll down the offerings to enjoy what each contributing poet has to say. At the end of each month I delete everything for the month to make way to the next month’s poems and comments. Some poets choose to post their work here on this page. It stays there forever but may not be seen by many readers who automatically go to Adult W.O.M. Poems to see what’s there. I prefer the established section but of course am always happy to see your poems wherever they are posted.