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Recipe for a Poetry Book–Happy Birthday, Lee Bennett Hopkins! [Poetry Friday]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Without Lee Bennett Hopkins and his books, I don’t think I’d be writing poetry for children today. When I first got the tiniest of inklings that I might like to dip a toe into the waters of poetry, Lee’s beautiful anthologies were some of the
Day 12: Haiku: headlights slice darkness
I was driving to the gym this morning when a beautiful white bunny zipped across the road in front of me. So glad the roads weren’t icy today!
Blur [15 Words or Less]
Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here. Sometimes I think I have more accidental images on my phone than I do intentional ones! This image makes me think of several things:
Ready for Earth Day? #ClassroomConnections
It’s almost Earth Day! It’s a great time to pull out my Can Be… books, which all celebrate our planet. And if you want some book-related activities, go here to find links to teaching guides, activity sheets and more! The focus this year is on plastic pollution, so you might also look for Loree Griffin
Day 9: Haiku: spin-out’s finished, but
I love winter. Winter driving? Not so much.
Day 8: Haiku: white-haired man tries to
It’s hard watching people you love age…
Day 7: Haiku: It looks like a book
This one is from me and all my writer and artist friends who put our hearts into our books…and for all of you who gives books to others (teachers and librarians, I’m looking at you!).
Day 6: Haiku: Headline shouts, “ENOUGH!”
I’m trying to be more tolerant, because I know I complain about the heat all summer long:>) But this is my rebellion against all the whining about snow! Our Minneapolis paper had this big story about how sick people were of snow, but (online at least) all the photos were of kids having the best
Borrow a Line with the Poetry Princesses [Poetry Friday]
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, I seem to be on a real tree kick lately! This month, our theme, chosen by Tricia, was to borrow a line from Elizabeth Bishop’s One Art and use it in a new poem. I chose the line: Lose something every
Extreme Swing and Day 5: The pause at the top
Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here. Here’s a photo from last summer: I like roller coasters, but not things like this. So I wrote poems while Randy and Maddie rode the Extreme Swing. This
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Go to my Poetry page for:
- National Poetry Month projects through the years
- Small Reads Roundups (poems grouped by topic)
- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms