Welcome, poetry lovers, teachers, and friends! It is time once again for this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup, where we gather the latest news, clever writing prompts, and inspiring verse shared across the world of children’s poetry over the past week.
Children’s Poetry Summit
In a thoughtful piece titled Sarah Ziman: Ways to Look at a List Poem, poet Sarah Ziman explores the playful potential of list poems in the classroom, drawing from her own work to demonstrate how simple structured formats can spark imagination and lively discussions among young writers.
Danna Smith Book Blog
Author Danna Smith offers seasonal reading recommendations in Fall Into Reading: Sweet Autumn Picture Books for Young Kids, highlighting cozy picture books for autumn, including a cheerful Little Golden Book that celebrates farm visits and fall colors.
David L. Harrison
It was a busy week for David L. Harrison, who posted several updates across his blog. He provided a reassuring status update following recent weather in Florida in Far better than it might have been, and shared practical writing strategies for generating new ideas in How to get started. He also celebrated the graduation of teachers in South Africa’s Phonics to Meaning program alongside Sam Bommarito, Minda Marshall, Tim Rasinski, Mary Jo Fresch, and Bill Kerns in Phonics to Meaning graduates to be honored. In addition, he recounted a delightful morning assembly reading pumpkin stories with Sandy, Angela Knight, and Hailey Acklin in Reading about pumpkins, noted the completion of a piece written for Laura Robb in Today’s the day, and shared the acceptance of two of his adult poems in New poem accepted.
DreamBeast Poems
Poet Mark Bird delivers a bit of seasonal humor for young readers in Funny Halloween Story for Kids: Watch Halloween Date From Hell, offering a lighthearted, spooky story perfect for October reading.
Imagine the Possibilities
In Poetry Friday: Harvest, Rose Cappelli shares two harvest-themed poems written during a weekly salon organized by Jone Rush MacCulloch, alongside personal notes on family and an important message raising awareness for breast cancer detection.
Joshua Seigal
Poet Joshua Seigal shared a wide range of works this week, announcing a new publication in a Macmillan anthology edited by Deborah Alma in JOSHUA SEIGAL HAS POEM PUBLISHED IN NEW MACMILLAN ANTHOLOGY. He also penned a passionate piece on technology in Slop, celebrated a playful Ragdoll cat in SILLY CAT (a poem for Bluebell), and offered a poignant narrative poem about an aging grandmother in The Instructions.
Kate Williams
Poet Kate Williams brings sensory details into the classroom with TeachPoetry – leaf, offering descriptive imagery and rich vocabulary ideas to help students write autumn leaf poetry, while mentioning her own animal poetry collection.
Live Your Poem
In When I Was a River poem, Irene Latham reflects on her inspiring time at a writers’ conference, sharing a photo with Pat Zietlow Miller, celebrating the arrival of sample copies of her latest book, and presenting a lovely new river-themed poem inspired by Hudson River School artist Susie Barstow.
My Juicy Little Universe
Celebrating milestone reflections and observations, Heidi Mordhorst marks eighteen years of blogging alongside a poem by Maggie Smith in the age of majority. She explores local historic sites connected to Rudyard Kipling and Walt Whitman in brighton journal: sussex by the sea, and meditates on connecting with nature in the silence of the trees.
Poetry Box
Host Paula Green provides a wonderful mix of poetry features, starting with a creative conversation with author Vasanti Unka in Poetry Box picture book conversations: Wild Summer by Vasanti Unka. She also presents a lively piece by Elena de Roo in Poetry Box Tuesday Poem: Flight of the Cypsela by Elena de Roo, and launches a storytelling writing challenge inspired by Fiona Farrell and David Elliot in Poetry Box October challenge: Once Upon a Time . . . poems.
Poetry Pop
Writing on her Poetry Pop blog, Danna Smith shares a gentle senryu and a fond memory of her children building a giant rubber band ball in Capturing Love in a Photograph: A Nostalgic Senryu Moment, capturing a sweet snapshot of childhood and growing up.
Reflections on the Teche
Poet Margaret Simon draws inspiration from nature and online writing communities in Poetry Friday: Write Out, hosted by Rose Cappelli, featuring a draft poem inspired by a line from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. She also writes a touching story about adopting a stray kitten in Slice of Life: Mishka Finds Us, giving warm thanks to her neighbor Svitlana, Madre Annie, and her grandson Thomas.
Shaun Jex
And lastly, in The Ghosts are Going on Strike, Shaun Jex encourages young poets to write humorous Halloween verses about spooky creatures taking a break, providing his own playful poems to inspire readers.
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