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Poet Laura: Chicken Dreams

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 6 Comments

hen with chicks

Michelle Rinaldi Ortega, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, visits a farm and finds chickens, goats and even Simon the pig coaxing along her dreams.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura

Poems to Listen By: Earth Song—6: Poetry Slam

By Laurie Klein 5 Comments

fall leaves on trail at dusk

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 05—Poet, In Japan Alps

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

solitary black bird against winter backdrop

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 04—A Plausible Story

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

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Poems to Listen By: Black Bird Soirée 03—Magpie, Have You Seen My Sister?

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

blackbird on sand

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How to Write a Senryu

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

black and white ruffed lemur

We’re exploring how to write simple, fun forms. Meet senryu—haiku’s comic cousin. Maybe even haiku’s sarcastic cousin.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, Haiku, poetry prompt

How to Write a Rondelet

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

bison calf with mother

Tap your inner songwriter with today’s poetry prompt, featuring the rondelet poem form, with author Megan Willome.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Rondelet, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

How to Write a Diamante

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

cow and egret blue flowers

The diamante poem has a shape that illustrates the connection between opposites. Learn how to write a diamante with this fun explanation + poetry prompt!

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, Diamante, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Children’s Book Club: ‘Babe,’ Some Pig!

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

two sheep in a field

There is a pig who is Some Pig, whose name is not Wilbur. It’s “Babe,” by Dick King-Smith. Join us for our Children’s Book Club.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories

How to Write a Clerihew!

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

two young gelada monkeys playing

The clerihew is a form poem that “has rhyme and attitude.” Learn how to write a clerihew with this fun explanation + poetry prompt!

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, W. H. Auden

Form Poetry for Children—And You!

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

seven birds on a fence

Form poetry for children? Yes! But also for you, at any age. Writing a poem in form can wake up a sleepy idea and make it bright.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Rescuing a Story through Poetry—How a Ghazal Saved a Dog!

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

girl walking beside green fence

Is your story not working? Try rescuing a story through poetry! That’s what happened when a dog named Rascal met a ghazal.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Children's Poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts, Writing Tips

Perspective: ‘In the Company of Crows and Ravens’

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

shy girl golden trees

Truth, beauty, and science co-exist in magical ways in Tony M. Marzluff’s “In the Company of Crows and Ravens.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Bird Poems, Blog, book reviews, nature, Perspective, Poetic Earth Month

By Heart: ‘The Tyger’ + New John O’Donohue Challenge

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

forests

Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ By Heart. And shares a tiger poem by Newbery-winner Nancy Willard too.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Animal Poems, By Heart, poetry

Children’s Book Club: ‘Fear the Bunny’

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

William Blake

Join author Megan Willome for Children’s Book Club, in which she learns why bunnies are way scarier than tigers in ‘Fear the Bunny.’ (This picture book not approved by William Blake.)

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Classic Poetry

A Night of Cowboy Poetry — Poems, Songs, and Cowpunchers

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Poetry, music, and cowpunchers took the stage for “A Cowboy’s Night in old Texas.” Megan Willome wore her red boots.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Animal Poems, Ballad Poems, Blog, Funny Poems, Music, poetry, work poems

Poe, Rilke, and Our Black Cat

By Glynn Young 16 Comments

Halloween black cat

This Halloween, your black cat can be the instrument of vengeance in the Poe story, or the amber-eyed feline in the poem by Rilke. Or it can be like Kiddy.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, article, Cat Poems, Halloween Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Poets

Children’s Book Club: “Frederick”

By Megan Willome 20 Comments

Poets have their own sort of economy—they harvest words. Join us as we read Leo Lionni’s classic fable “Frederick” with Megan Willome as our guide.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Children's Book Club, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

Animal Limericks: Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 29 Comments

animal limericks poetry prompt

If you’re running low on limerick ideas, then look no further than the always enchanting animal kingdom. Come write with about your pets (or the circus) with us!

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Limerick, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

Coloring Page Poems: The Tyger by William Blake

By Will Willingham Leave a Comment

Coloring Page Poems William Blake Tyger Tyger tiger in trees

Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with William Blake’s “TheTyger.”

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Blog, Coloring Page Poems, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources

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