Get your kids jazzed about writing poetry and reading poetry during Poetry Month. One good way is to write about something edible — like popcorn – and work on one or more poetic elements with ...

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

Ryan Bliss started writing poems for his son a decade ago. Now he's publishing his quirky, funny, silly and sweet works at Mooseclumps.com. Posted 2012-06-01T16:15:06+00:00 - Updated 2012-06-04T01 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — With some help from Roz Chast, Calvin Trillin is aiming his next jokes at a younger audience.The 80-year-old author, journalist and humorist has a deal with Scholastic for &#8… ...

So we asked kids, ages 6 to 14, to help us mark National Poetry Month 2022 by writing short, original poems about spring. The writers of the nearly 350 poems we received focused on images ...

Playing with poems - writing poetry for children Updated / Friday, 8 Nov 2024 07:00 We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, edited by Ruth McKee, the essential ...

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.

And he did it in style, going on to write more than 35 children’s books, including his first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules, and the Overheard in a Tower Block poems.

Poetry can also allow kids to feel safe when writing about personal struggles, explains Kirsten Giles, workshop coordinator for WriteGirl, a nonprofit mentorship program for teen girls in Los Angeles.

Baltimore kids gathered at downtown Terra Cafe to write about Ferguson and their own communities on Monday, December 8. (Courtesy of Patrice Hutton) By Jeff Guo. ... They read poems.

She has written 15 poems, including the one about the beauty in her mother’s eyes, one about an old couple in matching clothes and two toddlers who excitedly showed off their toys.

A reading list hints at the richness and breadth of African American children’s writing before Brown v. Board of Education. Credit...K.L. Ricks Supported by By Brigitte Fielder In her 1922 essay ...