Welcome to this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! It is time once again to gather together and explore the latest news, thoughtful articles, and creative updates from the world of children’s poetry from the past week.
Carole Boston Weatherford
In Banned Books Week: Censors Target Poetry for Young People, 2024 Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford addresses the rising challenges against BIPOC and LGBTQ+ literature. She highlights the creation of the Banned Poets Society list, which features work from celebrated YA poets like Elizabeth Acevedo and Jacqueline Woodson, and invites readers to contribute additional titles to help amplify brave verse.
Children’s Poetry Summit
The community shared two updates this week, beginning with Ana Sampson: Poems to Soothe Teenage Heartbreak, which highlights Ana Sampson‘s comforting poetry anthology designed to help readers navigate loss and healing. Additionally, Continuing the Children’s Poetry Summit Blog explains how this volunteer-led forum, established by Chris Holifield, is seeking modest community donations to sustain its ongoing sharing of teaching tips, resources, and poet profiles.
David L. Harrison
Author David L. Harrison was active on his blog with several reflective updates. He announced upcoming journal appearances for his work in New poem accepted and detailed his current textbook writing project with Laura Robb alongside school visits and reunion plans with Mike Delapp in Getting there and A work week. Across two posts titled Thanking more artists and Thanking my artists, he expressed appreciation for illustrators including Kate Cosgrove, Giles Laroche, Alice Feagan, Rob Shepperson, Dan Burr (supported by editor Stephen Roxburgh), and Philippe Fix. Finally, in Telling you what we all know, he reviewed research by Jessica Logan on the immense language benefits of daily read-aloud routines for young children.
Elizabeth Acevedo
In Elizabeth Acevedo – Winner of the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature!, poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo shares news of receiving the prestigious 2026 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature and provides a link to the live stream event.
Joshua Seigal
Poet Joshua Seigal offered a diverse collection of new verses this week. He touched on poignant family experiences in The Instructions and My Sister’s Gone Missing, brought lighthearted humor in The Tip and Forgetty Lettie, and shared social commentary in Shillbilly Elegy.
Live Your Poem
In Shadorma poem with birds and mailbox, Irene Latham checks in while teaching away from home to share a serene six-line shadorma poem inspired by artist Linda Mitchell‘s depiction of birds nesting inside a mailbox.
Michelle Schaub Writes
In STORY TIME at SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT, Michelle Schaub invites families and teachers to a lively autumn story time event in Denver featuring pumpkin-themed games, crafts, and giveaways.
My Juicy Little Universe
In Brighton Journal: getting historical, Heidi Mordhorst writes about touring the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, sharing historical observations, child-friendly features like a dragon trail, and a pleasant bookstore sighting of work by Grace Lin.
Poetrepository
In Harvest, Mary Lee Hahn presents a quiet seasonal reflection paired with Winslow Homer’s historic painting, The Veteran in a New Field, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Poetry Box
In Poetry Box picture book conversations: Runaway Rooster by Melinda Szymanik, host Paula Green interviews author Melinda Szymanik about her playful picture book illustrated by Lael Chisholm, covering language choices and the value of uplifting children’s books in Aotearoa.
Reflections on the Teche
In Poetry Friday: Harvest, host Margaret Simon joins a Poetry Friday gathering with host Jama, sharing a draft poem focused on the sights and smells of the local sugarcane harvest in New Iberia.
Shaun Jex
In A Creature Feature Poem, Shaun Jex celebrates classic monster movies and October traditions by sharing an original poem titled “Night of the Living Loogie” while encouraging readers to write their own monster verses.
Steam Powered Poetry
And lastly, in Student Video: Art Smart, host Heidi B. Roemer highlights an educational poetry video featuring Raven Howell, encouraging children to view everyday objects around them as artistic inspiration.
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