BEST IN VERSE – POETRY FOR KIDS, FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE By . Barbara Hoffman. ... For children, exploring the world, it really has an immediacy as well as sounds, rhythm and rhyme.

April is National Poetry month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has written poetry set to - not exactly the tune of famous poems, but the rhythm ...

A famous poet once wrote "April is the cruelest month." Perhaps T.S. Eliot would change his tune today, especially if he knew that since 1996 April has been designated National Poetry Month. The ...

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own.

Angelou’s poetry, characterized by its unique rhythm and powerful imagery can be a… Continue reading Maya Angelou Poems for Kids to Teach Them About Black History. advertisement.

“Kids are there already,” says Lucas, who wrote a newspaper column in 2018-2019 called “Poetry For People Who Hate Poetry.” He talked about sharing poems with kindergartners, and how much ...

In modern poetry, a poet might also use line breaks to create rhythm. For example, in William Carlos Williams’ To a Poor Old Woman the woman is eating plums: They taste good to her They taste ...

Although rhythm also describes “form in motion” in poetic speech, it is far more encompassing than the concept of meter. Especially with regard to modern poetry, the potential offered by the ...

April is poetry month. The Kent District Library has The Diatribe, a spoken word poetry group, connecting with youth in classrooms across the county for workshops.

My guest today on Poetry from Daily Life is Kenn Nesbitt, who lives in Spokane, Washington. Kenn began writing professionally ...

Rhythm, Divination, and Naming in Jay Wright’s Poetry In Wright’s poems the name of the absolute is scrawled in a host of esoteric tongues. by J. Peter Moore January 4, 2020 January 7, 2020 ...