Poetry Postcard Subscription

                             Poetry Postcard Subscription

I have created a Poetry Postcard Subscription where you will receive a postcard in the mail with a poem on the front and a handwritten message from me on the back. You will get a different card and empowering message each month. I may even create an artistic postcard with a poem on it for fun. This is a labor of love. I hope you like a happy mailbox!

How to sign up:  

Go to: www.buymeacoffee.com/laurakozylanik                    

Cost: 

3 dollars a month for U.S. addresses

4 dollars a month for International addresses.  (postage is 1.20)

If you want access to more of my poetry and other insider information then you would want to become a member for 5 dollars a month.

It's Free to become a follower and get my free content.

I will be mainly using this Buy me a coffee site as my poetry blog until I get a new webpage up and running.

Thanks for all your support during my 100-day project journey.

Day 100 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

Day 100 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

It's day 100! I did it!

I'm so proud of myself for taking on this challenge. I have learned a lot about myself and have grown as a writer because of this challenge. Some days I knew what to write about and other days I had no idea and had to trust the process. I had to let go of perfection (because otherwise, I would think these poems would not good enough) and be vulnerable and take risks. I had to trust myself and all of you too. Trust is hard for me.

Today's poem I think reflects my future and it's true I'm in love with not knowing things and discovery. I have a fear of the unknown as well so I'm simultaneously in love with not knowing and afraid of the unknown.

I'm not sure where my trial leads but I know I need to get ready to dance.

Thanks, everyone for reading my poems and going on this journey with me.

I'm going to continue posting daily poems to my membership and supporter levels on www.buymeacoffee.com/laurakozylanik .  Follow me there.

Day 99 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 99 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

My brother is a sleepwalker and one time when he was a kid he stepped on his fishing lure and it got stuck in his foot in the middle of the night. I imagine he was fishing in his dream.

I think we are all fishing in our dreams for ideas to catch and grow. We just need to reel them in and give them life. So tonight when you sleep, go fishing. Be careful and don't stop on the hook.

Day 98 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 98 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

Today there were hundreds of dragonflies swirling in the wind. It was amazing. I stood out there as they flew around me and it was awesome. My in-laws had Eucharist at home today and watched Mass on the television as they are too sick to attend church. It was emotional so I went outside and imagined the dragonflies as prayers flying up.

Day 97 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 97 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

I've been thinking a lot about my future and how I want to live the rest of my life.
So this poem is a metaphor and an important reminder to continue to drive your own life and not to take a back seat.

My students graduated on June 9th so this is also a poem for them, to say it's ok to make mistakes and change your mind. We are all on our own journeys, traveling different roads in life. So get in the car and drive! Be the driver of your own life.

Day 96 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

Day 96 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

Woke up this morning and a June bug was handing onto the screen door for dear life. She hung on all day until my husband flicked her off. I kind of grew attached to seeing the big bug hang out for the day. I am not a fan of June bugs and thankfully they aren't around long but they make good subject matter for a poem. The birds probably enjoy June bug snacks in the morning since most of them don't survive the night.

Day 95 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 95 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

In the early evening on Memorial day, my daughter and I visited Willow River State Park in Wisconsin and went to see the waterfalls and did a 2-mile hike. While we were walking we saw a lot of beautiful wild Phlox and noticed all the bumblebees. My daughter turned to me and said " this must be the place where bumblebees gather." I did some research and learned there are 255 different varieties of bumblebees and 46 varieties buzz around the United States and they are master pollinators.

Day 94 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 94 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

I met with my poetry book club tonight to discuss Marrow, Muscle, Flight by Gary Boelhower. The author/poet was there as well and from tonight's prompt to write about the frost I wrote this poem about my grandma and her journey of dying from lung cancer. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and miss her.

Day 93 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

 Day 93 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

May 25th is my son's birthday and it's also the one-year anniversary of the day that George Floyd was killed. I've tried writing about this day multiple times. I think this poem captures how I'm feeling today. So much love and hope for my son and so much grief for George and his family.

Day 92 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

Day 92 of The 100 Day Poetry Project

I went for a walk in the meadow and saw my magic tree tonight. It reached its limbs out to me and I stopped to say hello and admire its beauty. It really is a beautiful tree and since I've written about it before in my poems, I feel a strong connection to it. Tonight the sunset was magical so I need to write about it and the magnificent tree together. As I write this the June Bugs are committing suicide by slamming into my windowpanes, drawn in by the light.