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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, where I even wake up teens with no interest in writing, whatsoever. 'Cause poetry can do that. 'Cause poetry's a portal anyone can walk through.   I've used the poems in these…

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 bat hat hmmmmmm sat fat rat hmmmmmm …. Get the point,…

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…