Welcome! It is time again for this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup. I am delighted to share this collection summarizing the latest news, updates, and poetic inspiration from the world of children’s poetry over the past week.
Children’s Poetry Summit
In a inspiring feature post titled Albie: My Journey into Poetry By Heart, readers can follow a young student’s path through the national Poetry By Heart competition. From selecting a poem by W. B. Yeats to studying its rhythm and performing at Shakespeare’s Globe, the article shows how reciting verse aloud brings poetry to life in the classroom.
David L. Harrison
Author and poet David L. Harrison shared a full week of reflections and news. He celebrated warm reviews for his picture book in Another nice review for Pumpkin on a Vine, and memorialized the legacy of Missouri children’s poet Constance Levy (Connie) in The loss of a poet. He also revisited a classic Halloween chant featuring past collaborations with Renee Latulippe and Tim Rasinski in Move aside, Willie, reflected on completing a long-running audio initiative with journalist Matt Hoisch in Wrapping up the Laureate Project, and announced an upcoming virtual reading alongside Patricia Edick and host Tony Iovino in Zooming back to Long Island.
Imagine the Possibilities
Writing for Poetry Friday, Rose Cappelli reflects on crisp autumn weather and the Hunter’s Moon in Poetry Friday: The Moon and I. Her post includes an original seasonal poem and directs readers to host Jone Rush MacCulloch for the weekly poetry gathering.
Joshua Seigal
Poet Joshua Seigal brings his signature sense of playfulness and cheer to the web in Well Done, Baby!, offering a lighthearted message of praise and congratulations.
Kate Williams
Children’s poet Kate Williams shares visual inspiration on her blog in Birds in my book, displaying artwork featuring feathered friends from her latest creative work.
Laura Purdie Salas
In The View from Up Here–a terzanelle, author Laura Purdie Salas celebrates the exciting news that her board book was named to the 2027 Illinois Reads list. She also shares a terzanelle poem describing Earth from space, crafted with feedback from her fellow Poetry Sisters.
Live Your Poem
Author Irene Latham marks Poetry Friday in an anti-love poem, featuring an ArtSpeak piece inspired by artist Gabriele Münter along with verse exploring the longing and sensory delight of the fall season.
Liz Garton Scanlon
Looking back at a northern autumn in Poetry Project — October, 2026, Liz Garton Scanlon presents a terzanelle poem titled The Kingfisher’s Call while inviting fellow writers to participate in next month’s community writing prompt.
Miss Rumphius Effect
Educator and blogger Tricia Stohr-Hunt explores structured form in Poetry Sisters Write Terzanelles. Her post details the rules of the 19-line form, presents an owl-inspired piece written with specific line constraints, and invites poets to try the upcoming November prompt.
My Juicy Little Universe
In life as art*, Heidi Mordhorst considers the structure of formal poetry alongside the unscripted moments of daily living. She shares a coastal terzanelle and highlights an upcoming virtual gathering organized by Jone Rush MacCulloch.
Poetry Box
Editor Paula Green posted a wonderful trio of features this week. In Poetry Box picture book conversations: Maria Gill, she interviews author Maria Gill about her biography of rocket scientist William Pickering, illustrated by Alistair Hughes. Next, Poetry Box Tuesday Poem: Fake News by Annelies Judson highlights a poem and profile of primary teacher and writer Annelies Judson. Finally, Poetry Box picture book conversations: Fiona Farrell and David Elliot explores a collaborative picture book created by writer Fiona Farrell and illustrator David Elliot.
Poetry Pop
Author Danna Smith examines portraiture and verse in Seeing Faces as Poetry: Inside Julie Morstad’s A Face Is a Poem, featuring artist Julie Morstad‘s picture book that encourages children to discover the quiet stories written across human faces.
Read Write Believe
In Poetry Friday: The Terzanelle, Sara Lewis Holmes explains the intricate mechanics of the terzanelle form and shares an atmospheric poem inspired by the writings of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Reflections on the Teche
Teacher Margaret Simon shares two insightful posts this week. In Poetry Friday: Self-Care, she presents a relaxing terzanelle inspired by conversations with fellow poets Mary Lee and Heidi Mordhorst. In Slice of Life: Write Out Version Chalkabration, she describes taking elementary students outdoors to write fall poems in sidewalk chalk across the playground.
Salt City Verse
Returning from a family trip, Janice Scully writes in Pen and Wash Pictures about drawing landscape art with ink and watercolor, wrapping up her update with an Election Day haiku.
Shaun Jex
Author Shaun Jex highlights new illustration work and updates on his current project in The Curse of the Wolf.
Stefan Karlson
In Spooky Poetry for Kids: Poems, Books, and Halloween Fun, Stefan Karlson compiles a helpful assortment of playful monster poems and seasonal reading resources perfect for elementary classrooms and libraries.
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