Here we are again, friends, ready for another roundup of children’s poetry news and updates from around the internet! Here’s what’s been happening in the world of children’s poetry this past week:
Children’s Poetry Summit
This week, Roger Stevens shared insights into his collaborative efforts in the children’s poetry world in Roger Stevens: Working Together. He discusses how important teamwork and respecting others are to creating the best work possible.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison has been quite busy this week! He posted about My poem for June’s Word of the Month Poetry Challenge, where he shares a poem inspired by the word “study” and recalls his college days. He also announced the return of REX YBAÑEZ with his column, REX YBAÑEZ returning to Poetry from Daily Life, set to appear in several newspapers with a large readership. David is also working on a new story, detailed in Don’t ever do this…unless it works. There’s also news about a new book of writing prompts, “Creative Prompts”, published by The Writers Place, mentioned in Anthology of writing prompts just out. Finally, his book Wild Brunch, Poems About How Creatures Eat, got some good news, as detailed in Good news for Wild Brunch. Additionally, there are updates about a virtual visit to Japan in Paying an online visit to kids in Japan and Irene Latham’s second guest appearance on Poetry from Daily Life, in the post Irene Latham featured on Poetry from Daily Life.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal posted a thoughtful piece called Quotation, where he takes a look at the origins of an inspirational quote, and questions if its power can still be seen in its words, even if the source isn’t what it seemed.
Laura Purdie Salas
This week, Laura Purdie Salas wrote about her thoughts on community and connection in the writing world, as seen in the post, We Are ….
Live Your Poem
Irene Latham‘s blog, Picasso Speaks of Poetry features reflections on life lessons from poems, and includes an “ArtSpeak: PICASSO” piece exploring the relationship between math, poetry, and art.
Liz Garton Scanlon
Liz Garton Scanlon shared a Poetry Project — May 2025 featuring a Golden Shovel poem inspired by Elizabeth Bishop’s “Letter to NY.”
Miss Rumphius Effect
Tricia Stohr-Hunt at Miss Rumphius Effect wrote about the Poetry Sisters Writen Golden Shovels, and shared her golden shovel poem written using lines from an Elizabeth Bishop poem about Paris, and announced their next challenge, to write a raccontino.
Poetry Box
Paula Green has been busy at Poetry Box! She announced the Poetry Box June challenge: playing with rhyme encouraging young poets to experiment with rhyme. There was also the announcement of the winners of the DANZ Book Award Winners, and a post celebrating the children’s Everyday Ordinary Poems, with the author sending books to some of the young poets.
Poetry Pop
At Poetry Pop, Danna Smith is celebrating the season! She posted about Summer Feet: A Poetic Embrace of the Season and shared a poem about the joys of going barefoot in summer, and also explored Exploring Collective Nouns: A Fun Poetry Challenge and shared a nature-themed poem.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine shared a new poem in the literary journal Touchstone, titled “Summer Frost.” In another post, he reflected on Poetry Friday: Still stuck in the past, but at least stuck with a slightly better poem.
Read Write Believe
Sara Lewis Holmes shared a Poetry Friday: Golden Shovel poem inspired by Elizabeth Bishop’s “Letter to NY.”
Reflections on the Teche
Margaret Simon had a number of posts this week. There was a writing challenge called “I Don’t Care” inspired by the “We Do Not Care Club.” Another post, part of the “Spiritual Journey” series, explored “Spiritual Thursday: Summering.” They also featured a poem inspired by a photo of a local music festival in the post “This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Festival Umbrella,” and one from a young writer in the post “Slice of Life: What the Tree Knows.”
Salt City Verse
Janice Scully celebrated Patricia Polacco and her book “Rechenka’s Eggs” in Found in a Little Library: Ukrainian Story of Hope by Patricia Polacco.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex has been writing about bugs! He expressed his love for them in Bugs Have Infested These Poems! and encouraged readers to write poems about them. He also offered a poetry prompt for the week, to write a poem inspired by another’s style, in Finding Inspiration in Another Poet’s Work.
Steam Powered Poetry
At Steam Powered Poetry, Heidi Bee Roemer presented a Student Video: Ms. Quito Bandito featuring a mosquito character for kids. There’s also Wee Steamers: Clever Crawler: A Caterpillar’s Story, with a story about a caterpillar for younger children.
The Poem Farm
Amy Ludwig Vanderwater shared a post on The Poem Farm entitled Unplug and Listen, reflecting on the beauty of rain and the importance of disconnecting.
And that’s the news from the kids poetry blogosphere this week! Keep writing those poems, everyone!
