Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Life (both personal and professional) has been super busy lately, and I confess I wasn’t planning to post for Poetry Friday this week. But then… I saw that Amy Ludwig VanDerwater’s Forest Has a Song, one of my very favorite poetry collections of recent years, […]
Unwrapped, a Wild Poetry Cheer for Irene Latham
Happy blogiversary, Irene Latham, and thank you for inviting us to share in your theme of WILD this year! I live in the suburbs and have lived in the suburbs my whole life. I know it’s easy to trash talk about the suburbs, but, frankly, I’m pretty happy here. Would I like to live out […]
2015 Progressive Poem: What’s My Line?
Hi, everyone! It’s Day 4, and thus Line 4, of the 2015 Progressive Poem, created and curated by Irene Latham.? I missed participating last year and am happy to be back. OK, I confess I am a fan of short poems. And short lines. (My Ireland poem from yesterday feels long to me, and it’s […]
Lullaby and Kisses Sweet–a New Lee Bennett Hopkins Anthology
Yippee! Lee Bennett Hopkins has a new anthology coming out on March 3, and it’s the cutest board book I’ve seen in ages. It’s called Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby (Abrams). Lee notified everyone that the book is on sale for a great price right now in pre-order on Amazon, […]
“Lioness, After the Hunt” [by Irene Latham]
I’ve been sharing a lot about me, me, me lately, so this week, I want to share poems from some books I’ve mentioned here before but want to remind you of.? First up is a poem from Dear Wandering Wildebeest, Irene Latham’s fabulous new poetry collection with Millbrook (yay, house-mate)! I shared a delightful poem […]
What Rhino Knows, by Irene Latham [Poetry Friday]
Today’s poem comes courtesy of the lovely Irene Latham, who is just as delightful in person as she is in her books and on her blog. I’m proud that she is a housemate now, as her newest book (out August 1) is with Millbrook Press, my Can Be… home. The book is Dear Wandering Wildebeest […]
The Progressive Poem Is Here: Poetry Month Day 28
You know, I love poetry games. The idea of making poems up on the spot based on words randomly assigned makes me happy. Writing group poems with 1st through 6th graders, never knowing what they’ll come up with, makes me happy. Adding a line to the 2013 Progressive Poem makes me…well, happy, actually. Though with […]
Power Poetry: Short and Muscular
I’m working with elementary school kids this week, and the theme is Writing with Muscle. I’m working with them on revising flabby first drafts into power-packed shorter poems. I did this lesson plan earlier this year for one day, and I’ve tweaked it a little bit, including sharing two fun online pieces: Bob Raczka’s “What […]
Leaving Gee’s Bend
I’m trying to keep a new commitment. When I love a book enough to give it 4 or 5 stars on Goodreads, I’m going to copy my notes on it here and on Amazon. I don’t do thorough or scholarly reviews, but I do want to at least publicly share books I love! Leaving Gee’s […]