Hello, lovely readers! It is time once again for this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup. I’ve gathered the latest news, updates, and creative inspirations from the wonderful world of children’s poetry from the past week. Whether you are an teacher seeking fresh ways to bring rhyme into your classroom, a poet looking for a spark of imagination, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of verse, there is plenty of warm and wonderful news to share from our community.
Children’s Poetry Summit
Our friends at the Children’s Poetry Summit have shared an inspiring feature titled Clare McGreevy: Young Poet Laureate – 12 Voices of a Generation. This post announces the twelve Young Poet Laureates for 2026–27 and highlights the incredible expansion of the Young Poet Laureate Programme, which has engaged over 135,000 students across England through workshops, masterclasses, and anthologies. The post touches on poetry’s unique ability to expand young horizons and features a wonderful pledge from young writer Ava, showing how poetry is enriching young lives across England.
David L. Harrison
The wonderfully prolific David L. Harrison has had an exceptionally busy week with several new updates. In his post Good doctor’s report, he shares the reassuring news of an excellent biannual nephrology checkup following past health challenges. He also details his upcoming collaboration with literacy expert Laura Robb in New book starting up soon, as they begin work on a new science and social studies reading project. On the school front, he discusses his efforts to record books for the library at David Harrison Elementary School in Recording day, using special QR codes suggested by Kathryn Atwater. For a bit of fun, his post Thank goodness for the glass between offers a humorous dog-and-cat story that pays a playful nod to Eugene Field‘s poem “The Duel.” Finally, he shares his excitement about a Route 66-themed docuseries in The Story of Art in America is up and I’m in it, and reflects on the quiet, easy days of summer in Tiz the season.
DreamBeast Poems
Poet Mark Bird brings us several lovely updates this week. He captures the bittersweet feeling of graduation in The Full Stop Day: a Year 6 Leavers Poem & the story behind it. He also offers comfort and a sense of gentle reflection in Bereavement Poems for Children: A Tribute to Zayn and Amani, a sensitive collection designed for children. For those looking to bring playfulness to the classroom, National Poetry Day Play Poems Anthology. Let Your Imagination Play! offers a delightful mini-anthology of poems, while The Joy of Poetry for Kids: A Knockout Poetry Competition I Won celebrates his recent success in a competitive poetry slam.
Imagine the Possibilities
Educator and poet Rose Cappelli shares how she overcame a summer writing lull in Poetry Friday: Sandcastles. Prompted by a creative exercise, she shares her own poem about building structures by the sea, and points readers toward the weekly Poetry Friday roundup hosted by Buffy Silverman.
Joshua Seigal
The insightful Joshua Seigal posted two deeply reflective and human pieces this week. In The Hope, he shares a poem about a speaker carrying the heavy and tiring weight of optimism. His second post, The Comedian, looks at the worries that can gather right before stepping onto a stage, and how the shared laughter of an audience can help piece the world back together.
Live Your Poem
Over at Live Your Poem, Irene Latham sends warm wishes from her summer travels in For what are the bones of summer?. She features a delicate poem of her own that explores the warm textures of the season and points readers toward the weekly Poetry Friday gathering hosted by Buffy Silverman.
My Juicy Little Universe
In tilt: a book review, Heidi Mordhorst reviews the brand-new verse novel Tilt by poet Jone Rush MacCulloch. The review praises how the book explores the fears and courage of young adolescents navigating family bonds, likening its emotional depth to classic children’s stories.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Poet Matt Forrest Esenwine shares a mix of bittersweet and exciting updates in Poetry Friday: Memories of Jane Yolen – plus Crystal Kites, new contracts, and a summer hiatus. He pays tribute to the beloved and prolific Jane Yolen, who passed away recently, and shares his own upcoming professional news, including new contracts for a poetry anthology and a biography, and school visits scheduled for the summer.
Reflections on the Teche
Writing from a Florida balcony, Margaret Simon shares a lovely moment of storm-watching with her grandson in This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Beach Storm. She captures the simple joy of watching the clouds and waves, and invites her readers to leave their own custom poems in the comment section before she heads back to Louisiana.
Shaun Jex
Author and educator Shaun Jex has added some fantastic resources for teachers this week. In The Dark Watcher: Lesson Plan, he introduces a new weekly feature providing free lesson plans to accompany the poems in his book, A Catalog of Curious Creatures. He also shares a fascinating look at writing historical, eerie verse in Haunted by the Past: Macabre Poems Based on Historical Happenings, which includes a writing prompt and his own winter-themed historical poem.
The Poem Farm
Finally, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater brings us a lovely blend of form and nature in Become Something New. She explains the structure of the sonnet form, shares a poem about a garden hummingbird, and offers delightful garden prompts to help children appreciate the outdoors screen-free this summer.
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