Kelly Bennett's Blog
November 11, 2026
Poetry Challenge #146-You Scream, I Scream
Even when it’s FREEZING outside, ask “Who wants ice cream?” And everyone screams “I do-I do!” Everyone but me that seems. That being said, there is a vacant restaurant on a prime corner a few blocks from me that would make a primo ice cream shop…
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November 7, 2026
What Inspires Me? Kid Art in Action!
Sculpture Parks usually feature capital “A” art by famous (aka look-but-don’t-touch) artists. Or, in the case of Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon and Tiger Leaping Gorge…the original artist, Nature.
We visit those places expecting to be awed, and walk around, mouths agape in AWWW!
...November 4, 2026
Poetry Challenge #145-Too Darn HOT
Some days it’s just too darn HOT! So hot you stick to every chair. So hot you can’t move. So hot it feels like you’re melting. (Okay, maybe not today, but pretend. Or microwave your tepid coffee for a bit too long…)
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October 28, 2026
October 21, 2026
Poetry Challenge #143-Click My Bic
There’s a saying: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Before ballpoint pens, people used fountain pens—pens that needed to be dipped or refilled with ink and whose sharp points worked only on paper. If you wanted to write on any other surface (wood, coarse wrapping paper, leather) ...
October 14, 2026
Poetry Challenge #142-Can You Repeat That?
“Play it again, Sam!”
Today is not National Repeat Day! (What? Care to repeat that?) Today is not National Repeat Day. I repeat it is not the “day [officially] set aside for folks to ‘seek out activities and experiences’ to do over again. (Not on the ...
October 7, 2026
September 30, 2026
Poetry Challenge #140-ARRRRROOOOO! for Rescue Dogs!
Our daughter’s family adopted a rescue dog this summer—which means WE also adopted a dog, because where they go, Bucky goes. (She’s our second grandpup…I’ll show you mine if you show me yours…) Turns out, Bucky is a a bit of a chewer, and to my gardens dismay, a digger…luckily she is charming!
So, this one’s for Bucky!
...September 23, 2026
Poetry Challenge #139-It Jumped How Far?
As long as toad have been croaking, frogs (and kids) have been jump-jump-jumping!
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September 16, 2026
Poetry Challenge #138-I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
“I can’t write five words but that I change seven”—Dorothy Parker
“I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.”—Katherine Paterson.
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