Well, hello everyone! It’s that time again for our weekly Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup. I’ve been keeping an eye on the wonderful world of children’s poetry, and I’m happy to share the news and updates from various poetry blogs over the past week. It’s always inspiring to see what fellow poets and educators are sharing, creating, and discussing.
Children’s Poetry Summit
Over at the Children’s Poetry Summit, you’ll find a delightful post titled Christmas Poems 2025 Part Two. This collection features a variety of festive reflections on the season, exploring themes like the beauty of nature in winter, the joy of giving, and the deeper meaning of Christmas, all from talented children’s poets, offering wonderful inspiration for your own seasonal writing.
Danna Smith Book Blog
Danna Smith invites readers to participate in a virtual tour for her new picture book, Zenguin. Her post, 🐧Join the Zenguin Blog Tour: Exclusive Interviews & Fun Activities, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the book’s creation, its inspiration, and includes exclusive interviews, making it a great resource for aspiring authors and illustrators.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison‘s blog has been busy adding to his excellent “Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library” this past week. He welcomed Virginia Lowe as the 60th artist to the library in a post titled Virginia Lowe joins Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library, acknowledging her prolific career and academic research. He also celebrated Amos Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of the Springfield News-Leader, for his role in launching the weekly column that grew into this video library, highlighted in Amos Bridges on Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library. Additionally, several poets returned with new contributions: Bob Stephens added his second recording, noted in Bob Stephens returns to Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library; Lola Haskins, inspired by A.A. Milne, shared her second recorded column in Lola Haskins returns to Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library; and Missouri’s 6th Poet Laureate, Maryfrances Wagner, contributed a second essay, announced in Maryfrances Wagner returns to Poetry from Daily Life Free Video. It’s wonderful to see this resource grow with so many talented voices!
Imagine the Possibilities
For Poetry Friday, in a post titled Poetry Friday: Lake Skating, Rose Cappelli shared a personal poem inspired by a cherished childhood memory of ice skating on a frozen lake. This lovely reflection was prompted by Barbara Crooker‘s poem “Skating After School” and evokes a warm feeling of winter joy and friendship.
Jackie Hosking
Jackie Hosking provided an update on her Spring Competition for adults writing children’s stories in rhyme and meter. In her post, Jackie’s Spring Comp – some stats, she wished participants luck as judging is set to begin next week, with results expected before Christmas. Publishers will be approached in February 2026, allowing time for everyone to settle into the New Year.
Live Your Poem
On Irene Latham‘s blog, you’ll find a post called Today I’m Feeling Winter. This entry offers a charming mix of observations, from a coastal-themed Christmas tree and the history of fencing around early Christmas trees to an “ArtSpeak” poem inspired by Picasso and, of course, the featured poem “Today I’m Feeling Winter.”
Poetry Pop
Over at the Poetry Pop blog Danna Smith presented an insightful piece titled Poetry is a Verb: Let’s Move from Thinking to Doing. This post encourages a more active approach to writing, especially poetry, challenging the idea of it as a purely passive, cerebral activity and suggesting this shift can help overcome writer’s block.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine celebrated a special anniversary in his post, Poetry Friday: “Schoolapalooza” turns 1-year-old! He marked the one-year milestone of the anthology Schoolapalooza: A Silly Alphabet of 26 Schooltime Poems, which proudly features one of his own poems. He also mentioned his book Flashlight Night as a fitting read for National Flashlight Day, which aligns with the winter solstice.
Reflections on the Teche
This week, Margaret Simon featured a couple of inspiring posts at Reflections on the Teche. In Poetry Friday: Ekphrasis “I’m Fixed”, a poem was shared that drew inspiration from the “Mending Room” participatory art installation, reflecting on how love can help heal brokenness and grief. She also explored the creative process in This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Native American Mural, detailing her journey in crafting a short poem from a Denver mural and inviting readers to share their own poetry inspired by images.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex offered a thoughtful reflection in his post, Poetry In the Bleak Midwinter. He explored how poetry can be a source of comfort and expression during the often melancholic holiday season, providing language for feelings of grief and loneliness. He suggests that giving voice to these emotions through poetry can make them more manageable, illustrating his point with several poems.
The Poem Farm
And at The Poem Farm, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater shared a wonderful way to find inspiration in her post, Find Meaning in a Repeated Moment. She describes how observing recurring moments, like her cat Claude near the Christmas tree, can lead to new poems, in this case about an imagined friendship. She encourages readers to pay attention to their own repeated experiences to discover deeper meaning for their writing.
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