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Thank you, Janet Wong, for being today's guest poetry poster, especially since I messed up the post originally! Now, finally, the correct post from Janet! One year ago Sylvia Vardell and I launched our PoetryTagTime series of original poetry e-books. Why…

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 completely mad. I'm here to confess: It was all my fault. It started so…

Writing and reading in rhymes: wtnh.com Here are the books I took on WTNH today:

Thank you,  Laura Purdie Salas for being today's guest poetry poster! Follow Laura on Facebook here I love poetry! I’ve published more than 100 books, mostly nonfiction, but if I could build a career just out of poetry, I would! I love…

Today's guest poetry poster is Sylvia Vardell, whose blog is Poetry for Children Find Sylvia on Facebook   Test your Poetry IQ Sylvia says since April is National Poetry Month it's the perfect time to test what you know about poetry! No cheating by…

She's been called America's Hans Christian Andersen, but why not call her America's Jane Yolen?! I'm happy to welcome today's guest poetry poster, Jane Yolen!   ©2011 Jason Stemple Five Tips On Writing A Poem 1. Look at the world through metaphor, seeing one…

Lee Wardlaw is my guest poet poster today. Follow Lee on Facebook   Your tummy, soft as warm dough. I knead and knead, then bake it with a nap.   Haiku is… pronounced HI-koo a non-rhyming form of poetry that originated in Japan…

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”…

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…