Alright, poetry pals! It’s time again for this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! Here’s what’s been happening in the world of children’s poetry for the past week. Grab a juice box and settle in!
Children’s Poetry Summit
The Children’s Poetry Summit featured an article about Colette Hiller and her recent CLiPPA win for her book, Colossal Words for Kids. The post also previews her upcoming book, Things to Teach your Grown-Up, and gives some background on her creative journey.
Danna Smith Book Blog
The Danna Smith Book Blog contains a reflection on her experience writing over 28 books.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison’s blog is always buzzing! This week, he announced that Marjorie Maddox is returning to Poetry from Daily Life, with a link to her column in several newspapers. He also shared a post about a book, The Fluency Development Lesson, Closing the Reading Gap, co-written by Lynne Kulich, Tim Rasinski, and himself, which is looking for reviewers, and a short video about their book, 40 Poems for 40 Weeks. Finally, there’s news that A Tree is a Community being honored by the Bank Street College of Education.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal’s blog post, Enough, reflects on finding joy and contentment in the simple, everyday moments of life.
Live Your Poem
Over at Live Your Poem, Irene Latham is close to finishing the first draft of her middle-grade novel and is preparing to host Jeannine Atkins to discuss her new verse memoir, Knocking On Windows.
Michelle Schaub Writes
If you’re in Colorado, be sure to catch Michelle Schaub at the South Pearl Street Market in Denver on July 27th, where she’ll be reading, signing books, and giving away free merchandise!
Miss Rumphius Effect
On the Miss Rumphius Effect blog Patricia Stohr-Hunt shared a collection of sedoka poems on the themes of fireflies and secrets.
Poetry Pop
Poetry Pop’s Danna Smith explored the beauty of spider lilies and suggested them as a subject for poetry, while also hinting at other unique thematic possibilities.
Reflections on the Teche
This week on Reflections on the Teche, Margaret Simon shared a Poetry Friday post about the emotional weight of discarding possessions and the comfort found in keeping her mother’s silk scarves. Also, a post includes her triolet poem about the Red Hot Poker flower, and another post reflects on seeing the musical “Matilda” with the family.
Salt City Verse
Salt City Verse featured a Poetry Friday post from Janice Scully about cicadas, nature, and travels.
Shaun Jex
And last but not least, Shaun Jex’s blog provided a fun and informative post explaining spoonerisms and challenging readers to write a poem using this technique.
That’s it for this week, everyone. Keep on reading, writing, and sharing poetry!
