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…

Today's guest poet poster is Lesléa Newman. Follow Lesléa on Facebook here. Follow her on Twitter.   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…

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…

Welcome to my guest poetry poster of the day, the woman with the best name ever, Renée LaTulippe! Facebook page for No Water River Follow Renee on Twitter Please stop what you’re doing and recite these four lines out loud right now.…

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…

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