Alright, everyone, it’s that time again! Time for the Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! Here’s the scoop on what’s been happening in the world of children’s poetry this past week. Grab your favorite notebook and let’s get started!
Children’s Poetry Summit
The “Hannah Rolls – A Profile” explores the work of editorial director Hannah Rolls at Bloomsbury Publishing, covering her experiences as an editor, her advice for aspiring poets, and her thoughts on the editing process. “Lorraine Mariner” showcases staff picks from the National Poetry Library, highlighting several children’s books like Sarah Ziman‘s Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?, Simon Mole‘s A First Book of Dinosaurs, Wynton Marsalis‘ Jazz A.B.Z., and Christian Foley‘s The Oddsocktopus, along with details about the library itself.
Danna Smith Book Blog
Danna Smith has posted “Navigating Traditional vs Self-Publishing”, sharing her experiences in traditional and self-publishing, exploring their individual benefits and difficulties in an author’s career.
David L. Harrison
It’s been a busy week over at David L. Harrison‘s blog! “Scot Young coming back to Poetry from Daily Life” discusses a new column by Scot Young. In “Our wedding night,” David shares a personal anecdote about a visit to the Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven. Several posts relate to the “box” word-of-the-month poetry challenge, including “My poem for Word of the Month Poetry Challenge,” where he shares his poem, and “Where is your Word of the Month poem for August?” which is a call for submissions. David also issued corrections in “I need to make a correction” and “I’m featured on Poetry from Daily Life.” about his upcoming Missouri Poet Laureate appearance.
Imagine the Possibilities
In “Poetry Friday: Poetry Swap and More”, Rose Cappelli is sharing a poem and expressing gratitude for the writing community and poetry-themed gifts.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal has a few new poems to share this week! “Unhappy Chappy”, “Straight From the Poet’s Mouth”, where he provides humorous insights into a poem on the GCSE syllabus, “Just So You Know”, and “Danny the Ditherer”.
Laura Purdie Salas
It’s Poetry Friday for Laura Purdie Salas! In “The Ocean Deep,” Laura shares a poem and remembers her father.
Live Your Poem
“Poem for a Grumpy Goat on a Hot Summer’s Day” by Irene Latham celebrates Poetry Friday with a poem about a goat.
Michelle Schaub Writes
Michelle Schaub’s book “A Place for Rain” has won a Growing Good Kids award from the American Horticultural Society.
Miss Rumphius Effect
In “Poetry Friday – Box Triolets,” Patricia Stohr-Hunt presents two triolet poems on the theme of “box.”
My Juicy Little Universe
Heidi Mordhorst‘s latest blog post shares information on her recent activities and upcoming publication of three of her poems in the forthcoming anthology, The Nature of Our Times.
Poetry Pop
In “Celebrate Summer Poetry with Poetry Pop Blog Hop”, Danna Smith is taking a virtual field trip to Matsyaa Lyfe blog to celebrate poems of summer.
Reflections on the Teche
For Poetry Friday, Margaret Simon features a poem about her mother in “Poetry Friday: After Packing my Suitcase for the Funeral“, and a poem by Tabatha Yeatts. Also, “This Photo Wants to be a Poem”, with a poem inspired by a photograph of a woodpecker, is also featured.
Salt City Verse
On Salt City Verse, Janice Scully‘s “A Picture, Stolen, and a Poem” is a Poetry Friday post with an original poem, inspired by a watercolor painting.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex is exploring acrostic poems in “Glaciers, Pencils, and Ice Cream: Writing Acrostic Poems.”
Steam Powered Poetry
This week, “Wee Steamers: Crossing Guard” discusses the role of crossing guards on Heidi Bee Roemer‘s Steam Powered Poetry.
The Poem Farm
And finally, in “What Reminder Do You Need?”, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater reflects on spending time outdoors and starting a new school year.
That’s it for this week! Check in next week for another edition of the Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup!
