Tammy's Trio on Tuesday

Reflections and Readings from My Bradbury Trio Program + Writing Prompts

April has felt long to me this year. Yesterday I wrote the 30th in my notebook thinking it was the last day! I knew May started on Wednesday but it didn’t register correctly.

April was full of writing, submissions, walking and family gatherings. Also death anniversaries for myself and close friends.

I have some big plans for May so I am looking forward to the month starting tomorrow!

What are you looking forward to in May?

The month of May is very different than it had been for over 26 years being in public education. May was full of field trips and end of year projects and messed up schedules. I do not miss that at all now that I am retired. (Is that even the word to use?? LOL)

I am thankful for friends and loved ones who make my life sparkly now.

I have been reading more lately which has been fueling for my writing and general life. I frequently use the library but often forget why I put a book on hold. Sometimes a writer recommends it or it is on a list I follow or I heard it mentioned on a podcast. My new process has been to at least read one chapter/section within 24 hours of picking it up. This practice spurred many words in my notebook that I am happy with so it is a win!

It will all work out in the end! Þetta Reddast!

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The Bradbury Trio [reading a poem, an essay, and a story every day] fuels my writing.

This trio structure works for me because I am inspired to write after I read.

I hope your reading today leads you to writing that could not have been created any other way.

Here is some of what I read today.

I am a huge fan of Ada Limon. This past week, I picked up her You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World poetry anthology.

Poem: Poem for Europa

This is the poem Ada wrote to send up into space! It is not my favorite poem of hers but I do love the story that surrounds it.

Story: Tiny Oily Halos

I am drawn to the structure of this story. Split Lip magazine is one I read often. There is always something to glean from a study story and often it is not the content. I used this story for a revision yesterday.

Essay: Poetry in the Parks

This article is about Ada’s project as the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.

Writing prompt: What poem would you chose to put on a picnic table?

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What will these pieces inspire you to write!?

What are you writing in your notebook today?

I would love to know your favorite lines in the comments.

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A little more about me: Tammy L. Evans is a writer, teacher, runner, and coach living in a tiny house on a peninsula with her husband and adventure cat. Her location device is her loud laugh. She is a reader for Reckon Review. Her poetry has been published in The Storyteller, FoxGlove Journal, Story Hall, Blue Insights, The Partnered Pen, and others. Her fiction has been published in Gone Lawn, Cabinets of Heed, Spelk, Five on the Fifth, Clover and White, Fiction Berlin Kitchen, and others.