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[psvid] “A Place to Share” (Kelly Fineman)

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For all you 15 Words or Less folks, your mission is to watch the Poem Starter Video and take on its challenge in 9 lines or less. SHORT lines. :>) And TODAY is Poem in Your Pocket Day!?Educators, here are four short poems from The Poetry Friday Anthology your students can use, and here are […]

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[Poetry Friday] Book of Animal Poetry, Take 2 (with Classroom Guide!)

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A few weeks ago, I shared an anthology edited by J. Patrick Lewis, U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate,?called Book of Animal Poetry. I promised to come back and share a lighter poem this time, and here it is! Sea Jelly It’s not made of jelly; it isn’t a fish. Mostly it drifts, but can move with […]

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One Book I Love: At the Boardwalk, by Kelly Ramsdell Fineman

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At the Boardwalk What a great book! My friend Kelly Ramsdell Fineman‘s new book, At the Boardwalk, is out! And it’s wonderful. The rhyme and meter are perfect, and the storyline is terrific. I was going to buy this book when I saw it on Barnes & Noble’s picture book wall Sunday (whee!), but there […]

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