WEE RHYMES: Baby's First poetry Book by Jane Yolen with illustrations by Jane Dyer includes sweet, short verses on the topics of eatin...

My sister took this picture in her yard! Thanks to Mississippi Writers Guild , Lorelei Books and Vicksburg Public Library , Saturday I ...

Can you see those jellyfish?? Or, if in a petri dish, sperm... And here is a quote for you: "The clouds,  -the only bird...

All month I've been meaning to write about the awesomeness that is Poetry magazine, how they give away all those copies every year to a...

Hello, and welcome to Poetry Friday Roundup! It is my pleasure to host today on this, the 3rd Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month. Yay fo...

I've just spent some quality time with WHEN THUNDER COMES: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders by J. Patrick Lewis with illustrations by J...

Okay, so I stole the subject line from a poem called "Daffodil Bulbs" in SEEDS, BEES, BUTTERFLIES, and MORE: Poems for Two Voice...

What to say about Fay B. Kaigler ? It was awesome! It started at True Vine Cottage , thanks to gracious, generous Beck McDowell , author o...

You know it's going to be a good book of poems when it's authored by the likes of Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- and GRUMB...

There is something so appropriate about the marriage of poetry and the subject of fishing in Tamera Will Wissinger's debut GONE FISHING ...

Today I'm excited to welcome Janet Fagal, a poetry enthusiast whom I had the pleasure of meeting this past November at NCTE. While she d...

Is it just me, or is it sad to read a book of poems by a poet who is no longer with us? Especially when you really love the poems. Sigh. ...

Leave it to the one and only J. Patrick Lewis to birth a book based on odd holidays. Illustrations are by Anna Raff. And the title poem ...

One of the things I love about poetry is the opportunity it provides for creative wordplay. You can alter words, smush them together, add ...

So I've just been savoring Amy 's first book of poems, thinking about how this spare, lovely verse is rich in exactly the same way...

"One kiss and you painted a picture of heaven It's there when I look in your eyes Well, I swear I can see forever Under ...

We did one of the coolest things ever on our recent trip to the beach: we took a family sandsculpting lesson! Rick Mungeam of Beach Sand S...

At school visits kids always ask, "Who is your favorite author?" Or, "What is your favorite book?" And my mind goes mu...

"You are the sky. Everything else is just weather." -  Pema Chödrön

I overheard a conversation the other day that went something like this: "You know why people blog? I'll tell you why people blog....

If ever you find your way to L.A. (Lower Alabama), you gotta go to Page & Palette Book Store in Fairhope, Alabama. It's exactly th...

Our writing retreat in Fairhope, Alabama, evolved after I scheduled a library event at Daphne Public Library (which is just up the road). ...