Well hello there, poetry lovers! It’s time again for this week’s Children’s Poetry Blog Post Roundup! Here’s the scoop from the world of children’s poetry for the past week.
Carole Boston Weatherford
This week, Carole Boston Weatherford continues to share insightful posts. The first post, “Erasers are for blackboards, not Black history”, discusses her efforts in reclaiming and sharing accurate Black history narratives. Another post, “Four Girls, a Church Bombing and a Faceless Christ”, highlights her historical fiction work on the Birmingham church bombing.
Children’s Poetry Summit
The Children’s Poetry Summit blog featured a post this week about Michaela Morgan’s latest book. The blog post, “Michaela Morgan: All Together Now!”, celebrates the release of All Together Now, illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Danna Smith Book Blog
Danna Smith shared three exciting posts. The first, “The Greatest Eight: Teaching Kids Core Skills for Life”, discusses the initiative The Greatest Eight and how it is helping children aged 0-8. The second, “Top Gift Ideas: ‘Wake Up, Freight Train!’ for Toddlers”, celebrates a shaped board book, Wake Up, Freight Train!. The third, “From Dream to Published: My Writing Story”, is about the author’s journey to becoming a published author.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison has been busy as always! Several posts this week covered various topics. First, “Amos Bridges returning to Poetry from Daily Life” celebrates the 100th column of poetry provided by the Springfield News-Leader. Next, “My second ‘school’ poem of the month” presents a poem from the perspective of a heroic dog. The third, “Counting down to September 30”, announces his Missouri Poet Laureate farewell celebration. The fourth, “A very nice time in Joplin”, is about a poetry reading. Fifth, “Portrait of a wasp” shares a reflection on nature. Finally, “Bob Stephens is featured on Poetry from Daily Life” discusses Bob Stephens and their upcoming poetry reading. Another post from David shared a short account of his day “The cat was no help”.
DreamBeast Poems
Mark Bird is getting into the spirit of National Poetry Day. The first post, “Play Poems National Poetry Day. Let Your Imagination Out To Play!”, encourages readers to embrace their imagination. The next post, “A National Poetry Day Play Poem: ‘Call Of Duty: Playtime'”, shares a poem for the occasion. Finally, “Creative Poetry Lessons to Inspire Your Students” shares tips on teaching poetry.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal is back this week with a trio of poems! The first poem is “When Dad Watched Football”. The second poem is “Wet Play”. The third poem is a commentary on the news, titled simply “THE NEWS”.
Kate Williams
Kate Williams had a busy week sharing poetry related news. The first post, “POSTER for PARENTS”, is a post about creating a flyer for schools. The next post, “Teach Poetry Videos”, discusses her YouTube videos and poetry writing resources. The third post, “AUTUMN POETRY”, is about her upcoming workshops. Finally, “Rain-Pouring Poem” features a poem and video.
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas has shared a post about personal poetry. The post, “Poems Inspired by My Mom-in-Law and Her Dementia”, features reflections and poems on the passing of her mother-in-law.
Linda Kulp Trout
Linda Kulp Trout brings us a post about a poetry contest. The post, “A Poetry Contest Opportunity and The International Space Station”, features the Steam Powered Video Contest.
Live Your Poem
At Live Your Poem, Irene Latham shares a new poem in her blog post, “Things You Can’t Take from Me poem”.
Miss Rumphius Effect
Patricia Stohr-Hunt has shared a post about their work for the summer poetry swap. The post is called “Poetry Friday – Summer Poems Zine”.
Poetry Box
Paula Green brings us two new posts! The first post is “Poetry Box September challenge: Celebrating te reo Māori”, which focuses on a collection of poems. The second is a review of Miriama Kamo’s book, “Poetry Box review: Humble Bumble by Miriama Kamo and Craig Phillips”.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine shares a poem in the post “Poetry Friday: “Instructions for Building Your First Time Machine””.
Reflections on the Teche
Margaret Simon is back this week with three posts. The first post, “Poetry Friday: Summer Poem Swap”, shares experiences from the Poetry Friday community. Next, “This Photo Wants to be a Poem: Bridge and Sun”, features a photograph and inspiration. Lastly, “Slice of Life: Retirement 101” reflects on early retirement experiences.
Sarah Ziman
Sarah Ziman is celebrating a couple of big moments! The first post is “Poetry prowess at Chadwell Primary School”, which is about her poetry workshops. The second post, “Longlisted for the UKLA Awards!” is about her book being longlisted for an award.
Shaun Jex
Shaun Jex shares some cozy recommendations in the post “Warm Soup and Cozy Poetry”.
Steam Powered Poetry
Heidi Bee Roemer’s Steam Powered Poetry platform showcases a student video this week. The post is titled “Student Video: Computer Tutor”.
The Poem Farm
And at The Poem Farm, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater encourages readers to connect with their ancestors in the post “Wonder about a Person from the Past”.
And that’s all for this week, folks! Until next time, keep those verses coming!
