April 22, 2012

Today’s guest poetry poster is Laurel Snyder. It breaks my heart when I talk to a kid who says they “hate poetry” or that they “can’t read poetry.”  Especially if…

April 21, 2012

Today’s guest poet poster is Anastasia Suen. Follow Anastasia on Facebook. Follow her on Twitter. Anastasia at age 12: I wrote my first book when I was eleven. It was…

April 20, 2012

Betsy’s site Betsy on Twitter   From Betsy:   Poetry’s a portal I walk through, where I scratch scabs to find forgotten memories, where I tickle kids with tiny details,…

April 19, 2012

Today’s guest poetry poster is Rebecca Kai Dotlich, giving a very serious lesson, so pay extra attention. 1. Put yourself in a rhyme trance, focusing only on rhyme. Hummmmm cat…

April 16, 2012

Thank you, Ed DeCaria of Think Kid, Think!  for being today’s guest poetry poster! Find TKT on Facebook Follow Ed on Twitter This past March, the kids’ poetry world went…

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