Today's guest poetry poster is Bobbi Katz!
No time? Write bad haiku!
If you’re in a hurry, there’s nothing faster than writing a bad haiku. Three lines, 17 syllables: What could be easier? The trick is to use the word “nice”…
8Apr
7Apr
Today's guest poetry poster is Marilyn Singer.
Marilyn writes:
It's no secret that I believe that children's poetry should be heard as well as seen. To that end, Barbara Genco, editor at Library Journal, and I organized the ALSC Poetry Blast, a…
6Apr
Today's guest poet poster is Lesléa Newman.
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Fun with Formal Poetry
“Why do you write formal poetry?” I am often asked. The question always puzzles me. Why wouldn’t I write in form? I am…
5Apr
Today's guest poetry poster is Susan Taylor Brown, who submitted an audio file for her post and oh, I am so happy she did. When she starts to read her poem, after explaining how it came to her, I got…
4Apr
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3Apr
Welcome to my guest poetry poster of the day, the woman with the best name ever, Renée LaTulippe!
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Please stop what you’re doing and recite these four lines out loud right now.…
2Apr
Gail Carson Levine is today's guest poetry poster and is the author of many award-winning books for children, and, I'm pleased to say, a friend and a couple-of-towns-away neighbor.
Gail's guest post for poetry month:
For fun and devilment, I wrote a…
1Apr
Alan Katz is a fool for poetry so you should...
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31Mar
We're almost ready to hit the ground running, running right into Poetry Month! I've got guest poetry posters all set up throughout the month, and you are in for a huge treat!
Go here for a great list of Poetry Month…
30Mar
Illustrators, if you ever had trouble drawing a character, and couldn't figure out why it's not working, this video game, by the same token, sometimes written characters aren't working either. The uncanny valley can apply there too. Is your character…
