Howdy, folks! It’s that time again, time for the Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! I’ve been keeping an eye on the web for all the latest happenings in the world of kids’ poetry, and here’s what’s been shaking over the past week. Let’s get to it!
Children’s Poetry Summit
The Children’s Poetry Summit features a post by Ana Sampson offering advice on Raising Readers, with tips for encouraging children to enjoy reading and poetry.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison keeps busy! He’s encouraging folks to write rhyming couplets in Warming up to aware. He has a reflective poem, My poem for November Word of the Month, and he’s sharing a new Piggy Wiglet video. He’s also discussing the future of the Word of the Month Poetry Challenge in The word for November is . . . and posted about a talk with Dr. Sam Bommarito.
DreamBeast Poems
At DreamBeast Poems, Mark Bird shares an Anti Bullying Poem For Kids to mark Anti-Bullying Week, as well as a poem about Time Poems For Kids.
Imagine the Possibilities
This week’s post from Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities, Poetry Friday: Highlights Inspiration, highlights the excitement of Poetry Palooza, including a new poem and sharing experiences from the recent workshop.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal delves into the world of language with Linguistic Relativity. He also shares a Quality Joke and expresses his distaste for pub ale in No Cheers.
Kate Williams
Kate Williams is getting ready for fireworks with Firework Actions with Kids and sharing a firework-themed poem in Firework Night!. She’s also celebrating a Young Reader enjoying her book and sharing about her book’s availability for Christmas shopping. She’s also written a poem titled Batman Comes Undone.
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas shares her Poetry Friday post, including her villanelle, “The Voice of Winter,” along with updates on her book and schedule in The Voice of Winter and Flurry, Float, and Fly! The Roundup Is Here!
Live Your Poem
At Live Your Poem, Irene Latham shares reflections from the recent Poetry Palooza and reminds everyone about the 2026 event in Still Riding the Highlights High!
My Juicy Little Universe
Over at My Juicy Little Universe, Heidi Mordhorst shares a poem written in response to the Inklings challenge in her post tastes like…happy.
Poetry Box
Paula Green at Poetry Box offers a prompt for a new poetry challenge in Poetry Box November poem challenge: Inspirations. The post also features a collection of poems from her October challenge in Poetry Box October Challenge: Favourite native tree poems.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine shares a quick poem, “Late Autumn Fire” in Poetry Friday: “Late Autumn Fire,” sharing a poem I wouldn’t normally share.
Reflections on the Teche
At Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon shares a poem inspired by the Inklings Challenge in Poetry Friday: Inklings Challenge, explores the theme of doubt in Spiritual Thursday: Embracing Doubt, and includes a poem inspired by a photo in This Photo Wants to be a Poem:. The blog post also details a book talk about the 1980 Lake Peigneur disaster in Slice of Life: A Visit with Allan Wolf.
Salt City Verse
Janice Scully shares reflections from the Highlights Poetry Palooza in A Thank You.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex is inviting readers to write poems of remembrance in A Poetry Ofrenda: Verses of Remembrance.
Steam Powered Poetry
And finally, Heidi Roemer and the rest of the team at Steam Powered Poetry provides a guide on how students can merge poetry and technology to produce compelling videos for younger audiences in Celebrate STEM/STEAM Day Every Day!.
That’s it for this week, folks! Keep writing, keep reading, and I’ll catch you next time!
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