Welcome back for another Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! Let’s see what the word wizards and rhyme wranglers have been up to this past week in the world of kids’ poetry.
Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford shared a couple of wonderful posts this week. One, titled Bars & Backstory for Hip Hop History Month, discusses Carole’s journey with her son, Jeffery, in the world of hip hop, culminating in their co-authored book, “Rap It Up!“. She also honored veterans with a rap tribute inspired by the verse novel You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen in the post Honoring Veterans.
Children’s Poetry Summit
The Children’s Poetry Summit blog featured a post by Teresa Cremin, who discussed ways to incorporate poetry into the classroom for the upcoming festive season, including ideas like an advent calendar of poems and pop-up poetry performances, in Teresa Cremin: Weaving Poetry into the Festive Season.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison had a busy week! He wrote about the origins of inspiration in his post Writing life, recalling a childhood memory. He also shared an old poem called A Circus Song, written in 2012, offering a satirical take on politics. In another post, Feeling proud to be a Huskie!, he celebrated the success of Springfield Public Schools. Finally, David is planning a show called “David and Friends, Celebrating Route 66 and the Joys of Creative Expression,” which he talks about in Mark it down, May 5, 2026, which is planned for next year.
Imagine the Possibilities
Rose Cappelli shared the post Poetry Friday: My Tree Sweater Remembered, which reflects on a poem inspired by the author’s drive through autumn mountains.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal’s blog had two posts this week. I wasn’t able to review the blog post a fun, silly poem. But in the second post, Me, as a Child, Watching my Grown up Self Perform, Joshua recounts a frustrating day with playground drama and reflects on a zoo trip.
Kate Williams
Kate Williams shared a few posts this week. She explored the contents of a new Christmas Box, then created a rhyming snapshot of a high street in City Centre Saturday. She also celebrated National Young Readers’ Day with a playful post and reminded readers about Mind the Hungry Hedgehog! and shared a poem from her new book.
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas welcomed readers to Poetry Friday and shared her recent experiences in her post Thank You for Asking, and a Lovely Conference, including her trip to Florida and a conference.
Live Your Poem
The Live Your Poem blog announced an OPEN CALL: The Periodic Table of Poetry!, for poems to be included in an upcoming middle-grade anthology curated by Irene Latham and Charles Waters.
Liz Brownlee Poet
Liz Brownlee shared a poem about the Paradoxical Frog, which starts out as an enormous tadpole and then “grows” into a smaller frog, in The Paradox Frog!
Poetry Boost
At the Poetry Boost blog, Michelle Schaub had a post discussing a poetry workshop for fifth to eighth graders, focused on writing epistolary poems, in the post Dear Sprout: Writing Letter Poems to Hone Perspective and Tone.
Poetry Pop
Danna Smith shared Travel Journaling: Haiku on the Northern California Coast, about the author’s travel experiences.
Poetry Roundabout
Liz Brownlee reflected on her admiration for tigers and shared a remarkable story about them in Tigers.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine, on his blog Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme, is still behind on his annual state fair recap and shared his experiences in Poetry Friday: Biker-dude Swifties and hot-shot derby drivers: What I learned at the State Fair, Part XII.
Reflections on the Teche
Margaret Simon shared a poem in Poetry Friday: Poem to Remind Myself. She also shared a heartfelt tribute to her father in Slice of Life: 11/11.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex shared a writing prompt encouraging readers to explore robots in the post Do Androids Dream of Electric Poems?.
The Poem Farm
And last but not least, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater shared an experience of overcoming writer’s block in Look Out of a Window.
That’s the roundup for this week, folks! Keep writing, keep reading, and keep those poems coming! See you next time!
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