Michelle H Barnes

Poet, anthologist, blogger. Making connections and opening minds one poem at a time. The Best of Today’s Little Ditty book series is available on Amazon.

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@BkSeedStudio Thanks, Jan! <3

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Made it to Day 30 of #FillingtheWell! Wise words today from #RalphWaldoEmerson & “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” to celebrate our #PoetryMonth #inspirational journey: https://t.co/07N2d2tvUl #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes @heybilljoyce #animatedshort #Oscarwinner

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Happy #PoemInYourPocketDay! I've got "Lemon Tree" by Jennifer Clement in mine: "Remember/the tree is older than you are/and you might find stories/in its branches." Read more at https://t.co/PqdjUbVZRr #TodaysLittleDitty #inspirational #trees #PocketPoem #NationalPoetryMonth

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It's an #ArborDay celebration on Day 29 of #FillingtheWell. #Poems by Jennifer Clement and Henry Cuyler Bunner paired with "Speaking With #Trees" by @ToriAmos. https://t.co/PqdjUbVZRr #TodaysLittleDitty #NationalPoetryMonth #music #poetry #inspiration #PocketPoem #PoetryFriday

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We’re setting our mind to great things on Day 28 of #FillingtheWell, with #NellieBly, @Danny_MacAskill, and, well, a #pufferfish. https://t.co/Jr7tmDZis4 #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes #artinnature #mountainbiking #inspiration

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On Day 27 of #FillingtheWell, who can argue with #Rumi? Case in point: Paul Smith, Typewriter Artist. https://t.co/KyReOuhTzo #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes #typewriter #art #inspiration

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Calling all #doglovers! Man’s best friend takes center stage on Day 26 of #FillingtheWell with a charming poem by #EdithWharton and an enchanting short animated film by #ValérianDesterne. https://t.co/ioEkwuo5uc #TodaysLittleDitty #dogs #poetry #inspiration #NationalPoetryMonth

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On Day 25 of #FillingtheWell, #sunshine—and lots of it! A quote by #RomainRolland, "Sunflowers" by #GeorgesLemmen, a film from the @NASA Solar Observatory, and “Bring Me Sunshine” from The #JiveAces. https://t.co/11rUXi7NQa #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes #art #music #inspiration

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There’s much to contemplate in this simple pairing of #VictorHugo and #EugèneCarrière. It’s Day 24 of #FillingtheWell at #TodaysLittleDitty: https://t.co/IMg5YFLjDj #NationalPoetryMonth #quotes #poetry #art #inspiration

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#Identity is our #inspirational musing for Day 23 of #FillingtheWell. Pairing a #Shakespeare #quote with a video produced/illustrated by @peterhreynolds, written by @MarcCola3, it’s a “perfectly perfect” match. https://t.co/zDLFcHL6LD #TodaysLittleDitty #ShakespeareDay

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For Day 22 of #FillingtheWell, I enlisted the help of #EmilyDickinson and @LouieFilms to celebrate #EarthDay2022. https://t.co/qZky8w22Jv #TodaysLittleDitty #nature #poetry #bees #pollination #inspiration #NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryFriday

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Thinking about the wonders of #engineering on Day 21 of #FillingtheWell, with a quote by #HayaoMiyazaki and a human-robot #dance duet. Yes, you read that right. https://t.co/bk2r7w0MQK #TodaysLittleDitty #robots #quotes @TEDTalks @GhibliUSA #inspiration

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Thank you, @LibraryMiddle! I'm honored to have my work paired with one of the greats—LOVE Ogden Nash. Happy #NationalPoetryMonth to you and your students!

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@LibraryMiddle @PwslaStrong @UnityBraxton Thank you, Unity Braxton MS Library! 😍

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How lovely to find @MichelleHBarnes alongside Ogden Nash! Both of these poets make my heart go thumpa-thump. #favoritepoets #NationalPoetryMonth #onomatopoeia

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@rhymeswithmessy Oooh! Thanks for the heads up, Jesse. You just made my day. :D

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On Day 20 of #FillingtheWell, #inspiration in #brokenness. With @HillikerFineArt, #ShannonLAlder, and @MarinaDiamandis. https://t.co/aoLb24Kkys #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes #music #fineartphotography Photo credit: "Don't Ask Me How I Am Doing" by Randy J. Hilliker.

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The colors have come out to play on Day 19 of #FillingtheWell. A beautiful quote by #MarcusAurelius accompanies works of #art created and inspired by #OdilonRedon, @GaripAy, and #VincentvanGogh. https://t.co/EHL3POT3b6 #TodaysLittleDitty #quotes #art #inspiration

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@steampoweredpo1 @SCBWI_IL @SCBWIArizona @SCBWIIndiana @SCBWI_ohionorth @SCBWIHouston @SCBWIOregon @SCBWIWisconsin @SCBWIMidSouth @SCBWIOKAR Thank you for putting your steam behind Today's Little Ditty, Heidi! The shout out is much appreciated. :D