Small Reads for Brighters Days
Before today’s equation poem, I want to say a big thank you to all of you who showed up for the poetry session of the Kaigler Festival on Friday! It was delightful to see so many friendly names in the chat. And if you want to write equation poems with your students, stay tuned. Tomorrow […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Hey, do you want to write alone together? I’m hosting two Zoom events this month! See more here. Finally, I have read This Poem Is a Nest, by Irene Latham (illus by Johanna Wright, Wordsong). For my birthday, BACK IN OCTOBER, I bought this book […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) And HEY! There’s a giveaway for The Poetry of US happening on Goodreads. Don’t miss your chance:>) My heart and mind are still overflowing from NCTE last week! One highlight was co-presenting with our Poetry Friday host, Irene Latham, in two different sessions (along with […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA! It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great […]
Wednesday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, and I wanted to share a poetry-writing activity I did with 3rd-8th graders in case you’re looking for a writing activity with one of your summer programs (or in years to come). Almost every year, I teach at Success Beyond the Classroom’s Young Authors Conference at Bethel University […]
So happy to be part of Irene Latham’s Progressive Poem! Here we go! Nestled in her cozy bed, a seed stretched. Oh, what wonderful dreams she had had! Blooming in midnight moonlight, dancing with Did you see the wonderful post with Heidi Mordhorst, Irene Latham, and Liz Steinglass? If so, you know that this year, […]
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week! I’ll be sharing more about NCTE over the next couple of weeks here, but I finished up the conference with a session where the Poetry Committee shares its picks for best books of the year. You can find the entire list, which was announced earlier this […]
I’m heading to NCTE later this week and can’t wait to catch up with many writer and educator friends. I’m part of two sessions–one with many wonderful nonfiction writers, where Irene Latham and I will share a table discussing nonfiction poetry and another focusing on digital literacy and sharing student voice using digital tools and […]
It’s so fun to see how Irene Latham’s Progressive Poem ended up. I meant to keep up and read it every single day, but I fell short. I checked in periodically, but it’s just fabulous to read the entire thing, start to finish–head on over to Irene’s blog if you haven’t seen it yet. What […]
Hello, and Happy Poetry Month–again! In a happy Perfect (Poetry) Storm, this is actually my third Poetry Friday post for Friday, April 1st! This one is because I am honored to be starting off Irene Latham‘s annual Progressive Poem. Irene, of Live Your Poem, invites poets each year to sign up and take one day, […]
