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cristy watson

@luvshakespeare

Passionate about teaching and writing, Cristy retired in April from the Langley School District and writes MG/YA hi-lo fiction (publishers: Orca and Lorimer).

 Canada
Joined May 2009
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Excited to be presenting Easing Into Poetry with alexandrawriters.org alexandrawriters.org/store/p…
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LysaCollinsPoet@LysaPoetFeb 25
Thrilled to discover one of my poems was selected as Haiku of the Day at The Haiku Foundation. Thank you Vidya Premkumar. thehaikufoundation.org/lysa-… @haiku @haikueveryday young impalas all outrunning the son I never had - Lysa Collins

Lysa Collins - The Haiku Foundation

young impalas all outrunning the son I never had – Lysa Collins

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Matt DesLauriers
@mattdesl16 Jun 2021
Announcing WAYFINDER—a relaxing 'art game' in your browser that combines illustration, procedural generation, and computational poetry. 🍃 Produced by @thenfb. Explore an animated landscape to recover nature's lost memories and build Haiku-like poems. 👉 wayfinder.nfb.ca/
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Wordle 1,545 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Interesting way to start my day!! Wordle 1,472 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Though my score wasn't great, my Wordle answers reveal the way I think of the helpful, positive, and important first!! Can't say more without giving away the answer...🙂 Wordle 1,359 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Check out all the cool offerings from alexandrawriters.org and there is still time to register for my upcoming workshop: alexandrawriters.org/store/p…
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Wordle 1,201 5/6 Unfortunate guesses but pretty pattern!! 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Playing with Poetry cristywatsonauthor.wordpress…
Playing with Poetry

Playing with Poetry

My workshop, Playing with Poetry, is on the road again this August. I will be presenting for Tri-City Wordsmiths on August 10th and hope to see you there! After a quick drive to BC for the workshop…

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Room Magazine@RoomMagazine8 May 2024
In times of crisis, we laugh to offer tenderness, to ward off despair—so we can be brave. Send us writing and art that uplift to role of laughter in resistance, explore irony, & more. Submissions are open until we reach our submission limit! roommagazine.com/submit-your…
[ID: Against a gradient background, text in the middle of the graphic reads, "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS / Rolling submissions period " At the top left of the graphic, the stylized Room logo sits in white, followed by "ISSUE 48.1 HUMOUR" on the right. At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads, "SEEKING ART, POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION."

ALT [ID: Against a gradient background, text in the middle of the graphic reads, "CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS / Rolling submissions period " At the top left of the graphic, the stylized Room logo sits in white, followed by "ISSUE 48.1 HUMOUR" on the right. At the bottom of the graphic, white text reads, "SEEKING ART, POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION."

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I just pushed send... Phew another year done! Thanks to our fabulous captains, Sophie and Yelani!! You rock! 🥳 #2DayContest2024
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I have been entering for years and it is frustratingly, full-on fun!!!! Do join!!! 😋
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Once again, I’m in!
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#5amwritersclub Finally have a chance to write early today!! I am so close to finishing the first draft!! #writerscommunity #writerslife
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Well, that's unfortunate... Wordle 976 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Excited to be joining Sherman Middle School in Texas for #WorldReadAloudDay where I will read my favourite picture book and two chapters from my own novel, Locked Up! @Lorimerkids @orcabook #LiteracyMatters
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Thanks for reposting @karen_sp_fitz !! You are AWESOME!!! 😊 And Bowie is pretty special, too!!
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Thanks for the repost @kaiespace Much appreciated!!! 😊
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BC BookLook@BCBookLook26 Jan 2024
A Heiltsuk teen learns about visions and spirit life on a trip to Bella Bella in Brandon Reid's debut novel, Beautiful Beautiful (@NightwoodEd). Read the full review of this coming-of-age story via the link below! shorturl.at/hDVY3
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The Poem That Wouldn’t Stop Finishing My Sentences #kidlit #poetryforchildren
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