When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

Elementary teachers love teaching children to write poetry because it’s so accessible — poems are short! The payoff is more immediate than with longer narrative or expository writing.

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with contributions from acclaimed authors and book industry professionals.

With the pleasure of writing being eradicated from schools due to the demands of curriculum, 30-year primary school educator, ...

Shel Silverstein’s children’s poetry books were Alexa’s ultimate motivation to start writing. “It makes me feel glad to be human” so she can read works like Silverstein’s poetry.

On rainy days, Reading’s sidewalks will shine with the creativity of young writers from the area. Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will ...

Tom Angleberger reflects on his new book, 'Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel,' kicking off a series about a T. rex who fancies himself as something of a T.S. Eliot.

You know the saying "kids say the darnedest things?" As author Matt Forrest Esenwine explains, they write some pretty wild poems, too.

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of nowhere. Employ the interjection Oh at some point in the poem.

Poetry, she explained, is a very human form of engagement. "We all write poetry as kids. The same way we drew things, we were all writing poems," Kaur said.