Writing the World for Kids
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Now, before we get to Joyce Sidman’s beautiful poem, I have neglected to post my year-end wishes. So, here you go, with joy and gratitude that you are part of my book and poetry world in some way. For my teacher friends: And for […]
I love Joyce Sidman’s work, and her new book Round is no exception. The magic is in how she takes a concept as huge and simple and universal as roundness and makes me as a reader feel the emotions conjured up by roundness while sharing many specific instances of roundness. My favorite is the spread […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m excited for the upcoming publication of my friend Joyce Sidman’s Before Morning! It publishes on October 4, and it’s just gorgeous. This winter poem is set to stunning illustrations by Beth Krommes, and it’s racking up the stars, folks. Five of them! Here are […]
A couple of weeks ago, my writing group, the Wordsmiths, did our little holiday get-together. Great food (can you say whiskey truffles?), laughter (lots), small & lovely gifts, and talking about books and works in progress. We were missing two comrades-in-pens, but other than that, what a lovely afternoon! Thanks, Joyce Sidman, for hosting. It […]
Welcome to Poetry Friday (and happy Halloween)! Joyce Sidman has a new poetry collection coming out Tuesday, and it is glorious. It’s a companion book for Dark Emperor called Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold (HMH, 2014). I love Joyce’s work, nature, and winter, so this is a triple-threat collection! The poems are […]
I love Ubiquitous, by Joyce Sidman, and here’s one of my favorite poems from it! I wish you could see the delicate, beautiful art that goes with this poem. The Mollusk That Made You Shell of the sunrise, sunrise shell, yours is the pink lip of a pearled world. Who swirled your whorls and ridges? […]
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing another poem today from?Joyce Sidman’s?new book, What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings (Houghton Mifflin, 2013). I was at Addendum Books recently for Indies First day,? and while I was there I picked up two copies of this book for my daughters (ages 18 and 21) for Christmas. My […]
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a poem today from one of my favorite poets, Joyce Sidman. Her new book, What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings (Houghton Mifflin, 2013)?is a treasure from front to back. There’s so much beauty inside of it, equally from Joyce’s words and Pamela Zagarenski’s stunning illustrations. There are Chants […]
Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from?Joyce Sidman‘s (click to check out her snazzy new website) amazing Newbery-Honor-winning collection, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night?(Houghton Mifflin, 2010). Joyce is one of the most fantastic and thoughtful poets writing for kids today, and I […]
