Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write something about Christmas. Today’s tale comes to us from a frazzled teacher not of chemistry, who is a day late posting this due to all the holly, jolly merriment happening at school. If you know a teacher, treat them kindly this week! The […]
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Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a poem about winter. Today’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Starmen By Val Muller Going stir-crazy on the craft, We open the bay doors After an hour or so suiting up: If any skin […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a piece involving a source of light (this can be taken literally or metaphorically). Today’s poem comes to us from Val Muller, author of the Corgi Capers kidlit mystery series. Curtain By Val Muller Some days on the way to work When I take […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers! This month’s prompt is to write about a memorable gift. This week’s prompt comes to us from Val Muller, whose family always manages to align “spring cleaning” with the weeks leading up to Christmas (and its guests). She is currently working on the fourth installment of the Corgi Capers kidlit […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write on the theme “trying something new.” This week’s poem comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. This poem may or may not have been written in the dentists’ waiting room. Fear of Flossing By Val Muller It […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “Back to School.” This week’s poem comes to us from Val Muller, a high school teacher who has mixed feeling about going back to school this year (sad summer is over, yet feeling really positive about this year). This poem is based on her […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “Spring has sprung.” Today’s poem comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Unmasking By Val Muller The buds emerge, The pollen dusts, The birds eat worms, The masks come off. The wintery brown Has […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a poem or story in which one of the characters is a weather, personified—either implicitly or explicitly. Today’s story comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit Corgi Capers mystery series. Find out more at corgicapers.com Snow Day By Val Muller […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write about “a surprising discovery.” This week’s story (poem) comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit Corgi Capers mystery series. Follow along at www.corgicapers.com Scar By Val Muller He woke to a sight of beauty Beyond anything he imagined he’d ever witness: […]
Last week was insane. I forgot to post my poems, but they were written! The business of work and the craziness of last quarter coupled with concurrent teaching (teaching to kids in school and online at the same time) led me to write poetry without punctuation, something I really disapprove of. But the lack of […]
