Kidlitosphere Celebration of Poetry Month
- Gregory K. will present Gotta Book: 30 Poets/30 Days with previously unpublished poems by favorite children’s authors.
- Irene Latham at will host a month-long Poetry Party with poetry quotes, trivia, craft tips, publishing resources and free books!
- Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup hosts 2nd Annual Poetry Potluck with original poems and favorite recipes by guest bloggers.
- Tricia Stohr-Hunt at Miss Rumphius Effect will present a Poetry in the Classrom series highlighting a topic, theme, poet, or book to be used in the classroom.
- Lee Wind will share sprinkled-throughout-the-month GLBTQ Teen Poetry.
- Jone MacCulloch offers original poems by students at Thirty Days, Thirty Students, Thirty Poems. Request yours now through the Poetry Postcard Project.
- Janelle brings Brimful Curiosities Poetry Challenge in which kids are invited to create pictures for the poems posted each Friday in April.
- Jennie will feature a poem or review of a novel-in-verse at Biblio File.
- Anastasia Suen has set up a EduHaiku blog and Twitter account for students of all ages to write Haiku about what they learned at school that day.
- Stasia Kehoe will be including poetry links, a giveaway of signed arc of debut YA verse novel AUDITION and reviews every Thursday of verse novels at Writer on the Side.
- Every day in April, Amy will introduce a different poem idea-strategy or poetic technique, connected to a poems from this past year at The Poem Farm.
- April Halprin Wayland posts an original poem, the story behind it, and a poetry prompt each day.
Original Poem-a-Day Challenge
These bloggers challenged themselves to write a poem a day.
- Susan Taylor Brown
- Mary Lee Hahn
- Andromeda Jazmon
- Jone MacCulloch
- Liz Garton Scanlon
- April Halprin Wayland
National Poetry Month Poetry Friday Schedule:
- April 1 at The Poem Farm
- April 8 at Madigan Reads
- April 15 at Random Noodling
- April 22 at Book Aunt
- April 29 at Opposite of Indifference