Author: Kenn Nesbitt

Dear Reader,

Recently, many of you have correctly pointed out to me that a “kid” is technically a baby goat and not a young human. As a writer, I feel it is important to be as accurate as possible with language. In addition, it has come to my attention that while there are plenty of books of poetry for cats, dogs, and the like, the baby goat community has been severely underserved by the world’s poets.

Therefore, I have decided that, beginning next week, Poetry4kids will be devoted exclusively to poetry for baby goats. It is my intention to correct the aforementioned oversights with new poems written especially for “kids” every week. These will range from humorous tales about young goats eating things they shouldn’t to lessons about the importance of avoiding wolves.

I know this may come as a big surprise to those of you who have enjoyed reading the poetry for young humans on this website. Let me assure you, while poetry4kids will only have poems for baby goats from now on, the poems for young humans will still be available for you to read on a brand new site called Poetry4YoungHumans. Please click on the logo below for a sneak peak of poetry4younghumans.com.

Thank you for your understanding. I look forward to writing many new poems for baby goats to enjoy in the years to come.

Sincerely,

Kenn Nesbitt, goat poet

My dog likes to disco
on TikTok for fun.
He’d rather start dancing
than go for a run…

Hi friends and readers! I have spent the past three years working on this, and I can finally tell you… I have a brand new book coming out next week, and it’s going to be called My Dog Likes to Disco!

Like my previous books The Armpit of Doom, The Biggest Burp Ever, and My Cat Knows Karate, My Dog Likes to Disco contains 70 new funny poems about disco-dancing dogs, invisible kids, misbehaving phones, preposterous people, and much, much more.

Along with 50 wacky illustrations by Rafael Domingos, this new book includes many of the most popular poems I have ever written, including “I Made a Meme this Morning,” “My Flat Cat,” and “Our Dog’s Name is Roomba.”

The Kindle Edition of My Dog Likes to Disco is available for pre-order from Amazon now. The hardcover edition will be available to purchase on March 30, 2021.

Enjoy!

For several years now I have been doing live, interactive webinars in conjunction with Streamable Learning, the leading provider of interactive livestreams in the K-12 market in the US and Canada. Through quality educational content and an easy-to-use platform, Streamable Learning aims to in introduce interactive livestreams as a valuable supplemental tool for classrooms and families seeking to inspire and educate their K-12 students.

During the 2020-21 school year, I will be providing 27 online webinars, including interactive poetry-writing lessons, holiday poetry sessions, and programs on famous children’s poets from Dr. Seuss to Shel Silverstein. Schools are invited to join any of these sessions as my guest.

Streamable Learning and Zoom

If you haven’t yet used Zoom, I think you’re going to love it. Zoom is a free videoconferencing program similar to Skype, but with clearer, more reliable audio and video.

Streamable Learning offers a convenient, cost-effective, and comprehensive calendar of interactive livestreams delivered by subject matter experts and designed to supplement your existing and future lesson plans. To discover hundreds of engaging, educational programs, have a look a their Livestream Calendar.

I have been offering interactive poetry livestreams through Streamable Learning for several years now, and I hope you’ll be able to join me this year. You can register and participate in as many of these upcoming sessions as you like.

If you would like to attend one of my programs, please see the list of registration links shown below. When you click on the link, you will need to fill out just a few items and once you have finished the form, you will then receive an email with the livestream link. If you do not, please check your spam folder. It is possible that the livestream link will end up there. To join the program, you will need to download the Zoom app. You can download this free app at www.zoom.us/download and click on “Zoom Client for Meetings.” If you have any difficulty, contact efriedman@streamablelearning.com.

2020-21 Livestream Schedule

September 15, 2020

• 11:10am EDT – How to Write Cinquains
• 1:10pm EDT – How to Write Cinquains

September 17, 2020

• 11:10am EDT – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Shel Silverstein
• 1:10pm EDT – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Shel Silverstein

October 27, 2020

• 11:10am EDT – How to Write Clerihews
• 1:10pm EDT – How to Write Clerihews

October 28, 2020

• 2:10pm EDT – Fun and Spooky Halloween Poetry

October 29, 2020

• 11:10am EDT – Fun and Spooky Halloween Poetry

November 17, 2020

• 11:10am EST – How to Write Acrostic Poems
• 1:10pm EST – How to Write Acrostic Poems

November 19, 2020

• 11:10am EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Jack Prelutsky
• 1:10pm EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Jack Prelutsky

December 21, 2020

• 11:10am EST – How to Write Diamantes
• 1:10pm EST – How to Write Diamantes

December 22, 2020

• 11:10am EST – Famous and Fun Holiday Poems
• 1:10pm EST – Famous and Fun Holiday Poems

January 19, 2021

• 11:10am EST – How to Write Winter Poems
• 1:10pm EST – How to Write Winter Poems

January 21, 2021

• 11:10am EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Lewis Carroll
• 1:10pm EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Lewis Carroll

February 8, 2021

• 2:10pm EST – How to Write a Haiku

February 9, 2021

• 11:10am EST – How to Write a Haiku

February 12, 2021

• 11:10am EST – How to Write Valentine’s Day Poems

March 2, 2021

• 11:10am EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Dr. Seuss
• 1:10pm EST – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Dr. Seuss

March 4, 2021

• 11:10am EST – How to Write Funny Nursery Rhymes
• 1:10pm EST – How to Write Funny Nursery Rhymes

April 6, 2021

• 11:10am EDT – Celebrating National Poetry Month
• 1:10pm EDT – Celebrating National Poetry Month

April 13, 2021

• 11:10am EDT – How to Write Repetition Poems
• 1:10pm EDT – How to Write Repetition Poems

May 11, 2021

• 11:10am EDT – How to Write Spring Poems
• 1:10pm EDT – How to Write Spring Poems

May 13, 2021

• 11:10am EDT – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Roald Dahl
• 1:10pm EDT – Famous Poets and Their Poems – Roald Dahl

June 4, 2021

• 11:10am EDT – Word Choice in Poetry
• 1:10pm EDT – Word Choice in Poetry

If you would prefer to arrange a private interactive videoconference for your class or school only, simply click here to schedule an online author visit. I look forward to seeing your students online!