Well, hello there, fellow poets, teachers, and poetry lovers! It’s that time again, isn’t it? Time for our weekly Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup, where we catch up on all the wonderful happenings in the world of children’s poetry from the past week. It’s always a joy to see what everyone is creating, sharing, and discovering.
Children’s Poetry Summit
This week, the Children’s Poetry Summit featured a post by Lorraine Mariner titled Poetry for Children at Southbank Centre’s 75th, detailing exciting plans for the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary. These include “Imagine the Future,” led by Lemn Sissay, which involves schoolchildren in visual poetry, and “A Poet in Every Port,” a mobile poetry library set to tour coastal locations with workshops and opportunities for public poem submissions.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison had a busy week, sharing his current projects in It will take all of my time, where he’s juggling a new poem, a poetry collection, and program planning. He also announced exciting news about The cover of our new book, revealing the cover for *The Phonics Handbook Poetry Collection*, a collaboration with Mary Jo Fresch featuring 101 decodable poems. David also shared that he was interviewed by The Story of Art in America for a national docuseries in Something I’m looking forward to. For those who enjoy poetry challenges, he introduced the word “HOPE” for February’s Word of the Month in The word for February Word of the Month Challenge is…, and shared his own contribution, My Word of the Month poem for February, a short piece reflecting on hope.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal brought us two engaging new poems. In Woman With a Baby, he shares a keen observation of modern life, noting a woman’s tender interaction with her phone as if it were an infant. He also presented a playful and quirky ode to punctuation with Question Marks?, celebrating the humor and mischief that these symbols can spark.
Kate Williams
Kate Williams offered some helpful resources for families this week. In Bored Kids?, she recommended her “Kate’s Poems 111” YouTube channel, filled with short, fun rhyme videos designed to entertain and foster creativity in children. She also shared a delightful post, Zebra Crossing, featuring two tiny rhymes about zebras that play with wordplay and evoke their stately movement.
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas returned to Poetry Friday after a break, sharing her reflections in Launching from Waves, a Tricube. She discussed balancing activism with her writing life, including sharing three tricube drafts from a live write, and reflected on personal milestones and her commitment to writing while staying true to her motto to protect, create, and appreciate.
Live Your Poem
Irene Latham hosted Poetry Friday with her post Can Poems Fall in Love?. She provided a sneak peek at next week’s guest, Shannon Bramer, offered a new 2-minute writing tip inspired by Mary Lee Hahn, and showcased her color-inspired ArtSpeak: WOMEN poem, along with her own poem titled “On the Day This Poem Fell in Love.”
My Juicy Little Universe
Heidi Mordhorst invited poets to participate in this month’s Inklings Challenge. The prompt encourages participants to write a poem “after Wendell Berry’s ‘Like Snow’,” either by replacing words directly or by being freely inspired, with an epigraph noting the inspiration. The post included a sample piece titled “Like Progress” and reflections on the prompt.
Poetry Pop
Danna Smith welcomed a guest to Poetry Pop this week in Guest Pop: Exploring “I am From” Poems with Jackie Chou. The post featured Jackie Chou, who shared insights and guidance on exploring and writing “I am From” poems, celebrating the community spirit of the blog.
Poetry Roundabout
Liz Brownlee shared some exciting news from the V&A museum in Poems and Fun at the V&A – The World’s Most Joyful Museum. She was thrilled to discover one of her Young V&A poems, about Mary Poppins’ umbrella, featured in a new book accompanying the museum’s alphabet display. Her poem appears alongside works by esteemed poets such as Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom, Joseph Coelho, and Bob Raczka, with illustrations by Nayanika Chatterjee.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine stopped by with a Poetry Friday post, Poetry Friday: Looking back at a “Winter Morning”. Reflecting on the cold winter, he revisited a favorite winter poem. He also mentioned a busy week ahead, including work on a new wordless picture book manuscript, an anthology proposal, and upcoming school and library visits.
Reflections on the Teche
Margaret Simon had a reflective week, starting with Poetry Friday: After Wendell Berry, where she shared her “Like Fog” poem, inspired by bayou fog and participating in the Inklings challenge. Her Spiritual Journey Thursday: Songs filled my Soul explored how songs shape our attitudes, recalling memories of singing Raffi and hymns. She also published This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Flower Girl, a haiku inspired by a pressed-flower image. Rounding out her week, Slice of Life: My Daughter’s Desk featured a poem drafted while sitting at her daughter’s desk, finding inspiration in everyday moments and the influence of Kim Johnson and Georgia Heard.
Salt City Verse
Over at Salt City Verse, Janice Scully offered her Poetry Friday thoughts in THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. She reflected on the Kennedy Center’s significance, the healing power of art during national crises, and a Paul McCartney tribute, even sharing a McCartney-inspired haiku.
Sarah Ziman
Sarah Ziman shared the wonderful results of her school visit in Poems from Laurance Haines Primary. She was delighted to showcase poems created by the children during her workshops, including an imaginative ode to blu-tack and creative recipe poems, following her performance of “Secret Weapon.”
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex provided some cozy reading for the cold weather with Bundle Up Before Reading These Poems…. The post featured a weekly writing prompt encouraging readers to compose poems about cold or snowstorms, offering several example poems from various poets to inspire creativity.
Steam Powered Poetry
And finally, Heidi B. Roemer presented an educational and engaging resource this week with Student Video: Think Like a Scientist!. This kid-friendly video explores the concepts of buoyancy and sinking, guiding junior scientists through an understanding of the scientific method.
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