There’s a lot of poetry celebrating going on in the kidlitosphere during the month of April. It’s not easy trying to keep up with all the poetry goodness. That’s why I’m doing a roundup of the first week of Poetry Month posts at Wild Rose Reader and at some of my favorite blogs.
Wild Rose Reader
PoetryTagTime: A Conversation with Janet Wong & Sylvia Vardell
Win a Children's Poetry Book from Wild Rose Reader!!!
MINNOW MUSIC: An Original Mask Poem
GOING BUGGY!: Original Insect Poems
The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry in the Classroom
A Red Wheelbarrow, LOVE THAT DOG, and Williams
GottaBook: 30 Poets/30 Days
Douglas Florian - April is the Coolest Month
Marilyn Singer - A Stick Is an Excellent Thing
April Halprin Wayland - Dear Whoever Composes the Sky
Graham Denton - I Am Huffing, I Am Puffing
George Ella Lyon - No Need For Metaphor
A Wrung Sponge: Haibun-a-Day
Liz in Ink: Haiku-a-Day
Poetry Friday -- Haiku 1
Haiku 2
Haiku 3
Haiku 4
Haiku 5
Haiku 6
Haiku 7
The Poem Farm: Poetic Techniques & Idea-Finding Strategies
Line Breaks and White Spaces in Poems
Free Verse—Poems Do Not Need to Rhyme
Poems Come from Wonders & Questions
A Year of Reading: A Poem-a-Day
Poetry Friday -- NaPoMo and JPL
Poem #3—Metaphor Poem (plus a Simile Book Review)
Check It Out: 30 Days = 30 Students
Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup: Poetry Potluck Series
April 2011 Poetry Month Potluck: Starters and a Giveaway!
Waffle-laden Poet Coming in for a Landing: April Halprin Wayland
Noodling Around with Carol Weis
Welcoming Spring with Joann Early Macken!
Elaine, You amaze me with how you organize these lists. Thank you - I will be going back through and visiting what I missed. And thank you, too, for including my blog here. A.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the roundup! You just made it SOOOoooo much easier for me to catch up!
ReplyDeleteWow -- you're amazing with your roundups. Time consuming work, much appreciated. Thank you so much!
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