The 2009 National Poetry Month Lalapalooza Post

Here are links to 30 days of great poetry posts in the kidlitosphere. I didn't get around to writing up all the poetry posts that I had planned for April--but I'll get around to that in the coming weeks and months. After all, we should celebrate poetry every month of the year!

The Miss Rumphius Effect Presents Interviews with Children’s Poets
Poetry Makers - Kenn Nesbitt
Poetry Makers - Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Poetry Makers - Avis Harley
Poetry Makers - Ann Whitford Paul
Poetry Makers - Joyce Carol Thomas
Poetry Makers - J. Patrick Lewis
Poetry Makers - Janet Wong
Poetry Makers - Joseph Bruchac
Poetry Makers - Steven Schnur
Poetry Makers - Ralph Fletcher
Poetry Makers - Jane Yolen
Poetry Makers - Linda Ashman
Poetry Makers - Julie Larios
Poetry Makers - Adam Rex
Poetry Makers - Marilyn Singer
Poetry Makers - Lee Bennett Hopkins
Poetry Makers - Joyce Sidman
Poetry Makers - Georgia Heard
Poetry Makers - Paul Janeczko
Poetry Makers - Jaime Adoff
Poetry Makers - Arnold Adoff
Poetry Makers - Joan Bransfield Graham
Poetry Makers - Bobbi Katz
Poetry Makers - Kristine O'Connell George
Poetry Makers - Jorge Argueta
Poetry Makers - Betsy Franco
Poetry Makers - Carole Boston Weatherford
Poetry Makers - Lisa Westberg Peters
Poetry Makers - Laura Purdie Salas
Poetry Makers - Calef Brown
Poetry Makers - Marilyn Nelson
Poetry Makers - Helen Frost
Poetry Makers - Douglas Florian
Poetry Makers - Mary Ann Hoberman
Poetry Makers - Pat Mora

GottaBook Presents Previously Unpublished Poems by Children’s Poets
Jack Prelutsky - A Little Poem For Poetry Month
Rebecca Kai Dotlich - Midnight Stray
Charles Ghigna - A Poem Is...
X. J. Kennedy - Ladder to the Moon
Ann Whitford Paul - Owl
Jaime Adoff - Rock n Roll Dad
Marilyn Singer - In the Museum
Adam Rex - The Flight Before Christmas
Joyce Sidman - Spring is the Time
Bruce Lansky - Rules for Spot
Avis Harley - Perfect Pitch
Nikki Grimes - All Eyes
Lee Bennett Hopkins - SPRING
Linda Sue Park - Villanelle: Why I Love Libraries
Mary Ann Hoberman - I Dreamt I Saw a Dinosaur
Betsy Franco - Me and Joe Lining Up After Recess
Jon Scieszka - 200 Typing Monkeys Almost Make It
Kristine O'Connell George - Skeleton at Dinner
Arnold Adoff - n o justice n o p e a c e
Jane Yolen - My Teacher
Gregory K. - I Went to the Farm Where Spaghetti Is Grown
Janet Wong - My Green Grandfather
Nikki Giovanni - My Sister and Me
J. Patrick Lewis - The Poet of the World
Julie Larios - No Strings Attached
Joan Bransfield Graham - I am the Poem
Kenn Nesbitt - My Chicken's On The Internet
April Halprin Wayland - How to Read a Poem Aloud
Douglas Florian (kinda, sorta)
Pat Mora - Books & Me

Poetry for Children Presents Children’s Poetry Book Reviews
TLA poet Georgia Heard: Falling Down
TLA poet Betsy Franco: Curious Cats
TLA poet Tracie Vaughn Zimmer: Steady Hands
TLA poet J. Patrick Lewis: The Underwear Salesman
TLA poet Hope Anita Smith: Mother
Opening Day for Baseball: Rules of the Game
More baseball: Change-up
Good Karma; What’s the Weather Inside?
Silly Dilly Sports Songs by Alan Katz
My People by Hughes and Smith
Another Hughes gem
Family Poetry for Celebrating
Happy birthday, Lee
Time to Countdown to Summer
More Fun with Jon Agee
Dinothesaurus by Douglas Florian
A spring manga-ish poetry mash up
Zombies in poetry
Not-poetry by poets
Fiesta poetry
In the soup
Earth Day poetry
Poem definitions
Looks like Loose Leashes
Color poetry from Mexico/South Africa
Stampede to School Poetry
Amiri & Odette in Love
Wild Animals from Britain
More Poems for Your Pockets
World Poetry for El día de los niños

Liz in Ink Presents A Haiku-a-Day
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 1
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 2
Poetry Friday -- Haiku 3
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 4
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 5
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 6
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 7
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 8
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 9
Poetry Friday -- Haiku 10
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 11
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 12
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 13
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 14
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 15
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 16
Poetry Friday -- Haiku 17
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 18
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 19
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 21
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 20
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 22
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 23
Poetry Friday -- Haiku
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 24
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 25
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 26
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 27
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 28
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 29
National Poetry Month -- Haiku 30

A Wrung Sponge Presents Poetry and Photographs
Let the Poetry Begin!
Haiku from the porch swing
Daffodil Haiku
Rainy morning haiku
April Weather Haiku
Lilac Bud Watch
Baby Quilts
Hen and chicks plant haiku
Multiflora Rose Haiku
Traffic haiku
Golden Hour
Looking at a stink bug
Easter haiku
Easter baskets
Being Green
moon watching
Cherry Blossom Poetry
Barn Wall
Spice Bush
Wildflower haiku
Scary
wisteria buds
Poem for Earth Day (A Triolet)
New leaves; spring haiku
Narcissus
afternoon soccer
when it feels like summer
playground duty
100 Days

Susan Taylor Brown Presents National Poetry Month Haiku
National Poetry Month - Haiki #1 Ceanothus
National Poetry Month - Haiku #2 Worms
National Poetry Month - Haiku #3 Concrete
National Poetry Month - Haiku #4 Sea Thrift
National Poetry Month - Haiku #5 Dichondra
National Poetry Month - Haiku #6 Poppies
National Poetry Month - Haiku #7 Catalina Ironwood
National Poetry Month - Haiku #8 Purple Needlegrass
National Poetry Month - Haiku #9 Woolly Blue Curls
National Poetry Month - Haiku #10 Fuschia-flowered gooseberry
National Poetry Month - Haiku #11 Coyote Bush
National Poetry Month - Haiku #12 California Pipevine
National Poetry Month - Haiku #13 Painted Ladies
National Poetry Month Haiku #14 The Wind
National Poetry Month Haiku #15 Wax Myrtle
National Poetry Month Haiku #16 Mountain Mahogany
National Poetry Month Haiku #17 Sticky Monkey Flower
National Poetry Month Haiku #18 California Honeysuckle
National Poetry Month Haiku #19 California Fuschia
National Poetry Month Haiku #20 Blue-eyed Grass
National Poetry Month Haiku #21 James Roof Silk Tassel
National Poetry Month Haiku #22 Western Redbud
National Poetry Month Haiku #23 Coyote Mint
National Poetry Month Haiku #24 Milkweed
National Poetry Month Haiku #25 Flannel Bush
National Poetry Month Haiku #26 Yarrow
National Poetry Month Haiku #27 Island Snapdragon
National Poetry Month Haiku #28 Dogwood
National Poetry Month Haiku #29 Hummingbird Sage
National Poetry Month Haiku #30 Going Native

Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup Presents Memorable Posts about Wordsworth & Dickinson
a cool birthday, and those famous daffodils
friday feast: black cake from the woman in white

From Jone at Check It Out
Fibonacci Friday (Kindergarten students write a different version of the Fib poem created by Gregory Pincus. These poems use words rather than syllables.)
Poetry Friday: Color Poems

National Poetry Month Posts from 7-Imp
7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #109: Featuring a Small Crowd to Help Us Welcome National Poetry Month
Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Douglas Florian
7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #110: Featuring Jason Stemple and Jane Yolen
Seven Questions—And a Little Bit of Soup—Over Breakfast with Calef Brown
Seven Impossible Interviews Before Breakfast #82 (The Poetry Friday Edition): Laura Purdie Salas
A Brief Breakfast Chat with the Creators of Bella & Bean
Farewell to Poetry Month with (Who Else But) Mama Goose…

Wild Rose Reader Presents a Potpourri of Poetry Posts
Acrostic Poems for Spring
My Poems in Yareah Magazine
Poetry Friday: Mask Poems
A Rocket Poem Three Ways
A Birthday Poem
Opposite Poems
A Personal Tale about Poetry & A Poem
Two Puddle Poems & Some Poetry for Spring
For Kelly & Boots
Things to Do: List Poems
Opposite Poems & A Little Light Verse
Help Poet Kristine O'Connell George Welcome "Bo" to the White House with Poetry
Red Sings from Treetops: A Book Review & An Invitation
JACK: A Mask Poem
A Few More Poetry Resources
Asteroids: Two Original Poems
Presenting Anna Alter & What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe?
Silkworm Cocoon & Pupa Poems: Variatons on a Theme
Dirty Dog!: A Triolet
Poetry Friday: Animal Haiku
Color Poems
Two Original "In-Progress" Acrostic Poems
MOON: An Original Acrostic
DRAGON: An Original Acrostic

Poems at Political Verses
A Terse Verse about Rush Limbaugh
Poem at the End of the Twentieth Century by J. Patrick Lewis
Bill O.: A Rhyming Rant about Bill O'Reilly
Dickie & the Death Squad
A Poem about George Stephanopoulos by J. Patrick Lewis
Potent Political Pottage a la Shakespeare
Teatime for Sean Hannity: A Double Dactyl
Gasbag: A Limbaughrhyme
Bill O. the Bully & Amanda Terkel
The Cows Caused It: A Poem about Global Warming (According to some congressmen—it may be that the flatulence of dinosaurs and cows has caused climatic changes on our planet.)
This Be the Verse: It Doesn't Matter What You Do (Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and Philip Larkin)
Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Heaven's Door: John Yoo at the Pearly Gates
Bye-bye, Bybee
Extended Engagement: A Poem by J. Patrick Lewis