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Weekly Children’s Poetry Roundup – Saturday, May 17, 2025

Well, hello there, fellow poetry lovers! It’s that time again for the Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! Let’s take a look at what’s been buzzing in the world of children’s poetry this past week. Here’s a summary of the latest news and updates from our favorite poetry blogs, perfect for poets, teachers, and anyone who loves kids’ verse.

Children’s Poetry Summit

At the Children’s Poetry Summit, Shauna Darling Robertson shares a fun exercise for creating surrealist poetry in her post titled “Cuttle & Pasty – Getting Surreal with Collage”. This post guides readers through creating a surrealist poem using a weather forecast as a framework.

Danna Smith Book Blog

Danna Smith announced the publication of their new book “Born of Orange Blossoms”, a collection of seasonal poems available in both paperback and e-book formats.

David L. Harrison

This week, David L. Harrison provides updates on his writing. He mentions his weekly newspaper column in “Time for another column by me” and his contributions to “Poetry from Daily Life.” In “A new connection”, he shares an interesting story about a reader named after his pen name, “Kennon Graham,” and how it connected to his writing. Additionally, David announced that he has three poems in the Spring 2025 issue of the New Croton Review. He also includes a link to Marilyn Singer’s contribution to Poetry from Daily Life in “Marilyn Singer featured on Poetry from Daily Life”.

DreamBeast Poems

Over at DreamBeast PoemsMark Bird, offers a couple of great resources. One post, titled “The Full Stop Day: New Year 6 Leavers Poem Lesson Resources”, gives lesson ideas for Year 6 students to write about the end of primary school. The other post is “To Boldly Go: A Things Kids Hate Poem About Imaginary Planets”, featuring a fun poem.

Imagine the Possibilities

This week, Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities shared a Poetry Friday post focusing on “Writing Small and the Power of Punctuation” and tankas.

Joshua Seigal

Joshua Seigal posted a fun poem called “Odd Job Man” along with a workshop idea. Additionally, he wrote a blog post called “I’ve fallen in love” about an AI chatbot.

Laura Purdie Salas

Laura Purdie Salas shared her experiences writing poems for an anthology, including “Rainbowfish” and “What Does the Rainbowfish Know About Love?”.

Live Your Poem

Irene Latham posted about the inspiration for the new poem titled “Picasso Speaks of Pigeons” at Live Your Poem.

My Juicy Little Universe

Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe has a post called “writing it from the ground up: climate friday @ mjlu” reflecting on the importance of climate action, featuring a collaboration with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.

Poetry Pop

At Poetry Pop, Danna Smith announced the release of her new book, “Born of Orange Blossoms: Poems for All Seasons”. She also created a wordplay poem in response to a challenge.

Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme

Matt Forrest Esenwine has a busy year ahead, as detailed in the post “Poetry Friday: ALA, NCTE, festivals – oh, my!”, and is offering discounts on school visits.

Reflections on the Teche

Margaret Simon’s blog, Reflections on the Teche, features three different Poetry Friday posts. The first, “Poetry Friday: The Meaning of your Name”, is an acrostic poem inspired by a prompt. The second, “This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Bleeding Hearts”, is about a blooming bleeding heart vine. The last is “Slice of Life: List of Last Times”, which is a poem about the end of the school year.

Salt City Verse

Janice Scully shares a poem at Salt City Verse, inspired by a beach walk and a mass stranding of Velella Velella in “Little Sails on the Beach”.

That’s all for this week, folks! Keep writing, keep reading, and keep sharing the joy of poetry with the world.

A Milestone Worth Celebrating: 1,000 Poetry4kids Members!

1000 Members on Poetry4kids

Today is a special day here at Poetry4kids—and it’s all thanks to you.

I’m thrilled (and a little stunned) to share that Poetry4kids now has 1,000 active members supporting the site through BuyMeACoffee.com. That’s right—one thousand of you have joined the community to help make sure this whimsical world of poems, lessons, and laughter keeps going strong.

When I started Poetry4kids in 1996, my dream was simple: to make reading fun for children. Over the years, that dream has grown into a mission—to help improve childhood literacy by offering poems, writing lessons, classroom activities, and educational resources that engage kids and support educators around the world.

But I’ve never done it alone.

National Poetry Month: Fun Activities & Challenges for Kids!

April is National Poetry Month! That means it’s time to celebrate the wonderful world of words and rhymes! You probably know that poetry is more than just something you read in class. It’s like a secret code for expressing yourself, playing with language, and discovering new ways to see the world. And guess what? It’s SUPER fun!

Why Poetry Rocks for Kids

Poetry helps you in so many ways! It makes you a better reader because you learn how to understand the rhythm and flow of language. It boosts your imagination, encouraging you to create pictures in your mind with words. Also, writing poetry helps you express your feelings and thoughts in unique and creative ways. Poetry isn’t just about writing long, complicated poems, either. Poems can be short, silly, serious, or anything in between. Think of it like an awesome game you get to play with words.