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New Poem: Maybe I Should Have Waited 30 Minutes Like She Told Me To
It’s Poetry Friday in the Kidlitosphere! Thank you to AmyLV at The Poem Farm for hosting this week. Now officially summer, public pools across America will be opening for what seems like an...
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New Poem: Early Signs of Life (PLUS a POEMETRICS Sneak Preview)
Here is a poem that I wrote over four years ago to welcome my first nephew into the world, and I am recycling it here to welcome my second, who was just born this week. As this week’s Poetry Friday...
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Are The First Lines of Kids’ Poems Memorable?
I just read this post at Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog about favorite first lines of poems, which he says was inspired by this post about favorite first lines of novels. And I thought to...
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Poetry Pop Quiz: Have You Read These Cybils Award-Nominated Books?
The 2012 Cybils judging committees were announced earlier this week. I am thrilled to join the second (final) round committee entrusted with selecting the award-winning book for the Poetry category....
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New Poem: The Fort Pitt Tunnel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is famous for (among other things) its three intersecting rivers and the vibrant yellow bridges that cut across them. I lived for five years in that strange little sliver of...
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Poetry Friday: Findability, Discoverability, and Marketing
I’ve spent most of my time lately trying to understand the world of publishing. From reading The Minders of Make-Believe to browsing current release catalogs to studying metadata and XML, I’ve...
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Every week in the kidlitosphere, dozens of poets and poetry aficionados gather to share their latest poems, inspirations, interviews, reviews, news, and more. It so happens that I am hosting the...
View ArticleNew Poem: Flag At Half-Mast
At my baseball poetry outpost, The Hardball Times, I just published a new concrete poem dedicated to Marvin Miller, legendary MLB Players Association leader who passed away on Tuesday, 11/27/2012, at...
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Meet “The Thinkier” (And Start Thinking About MMPoetry2013!)
Remember back in April when I mentioned the idea of a traveling trophy to celebrate the March Madness Poetry tournament? Well, after seven long months of procrastinating and one month of trying … “The...
View ArticleTo Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure
Five reasons why I am posting this video and link: It involves poetry. It is insanely creative. It is insane. It perfectly embodies my four most deeply held values: Humor, Empathy, Logic, and Passion...
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#MMPoetry2013: Let The Games Begin!
READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES. It is time to start preparing for the March Madness Poetry 2013 tournament! I have spent a lot of time thinking about last year’s event, what worked well, what could be...
View ArticleKids’ Poetry: Lost in Translation?
I am currently reading a book that contains a number of poems translated from other languages. This got me thinking about the process of translating poetry; how difficult it must be not only to execute...
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#MMPoetry2013: Calling All Classrooms!
One of the most fun parts of the build-up to March Madness Poetry 2013 is taking the extra time to savor the words that I read and hear every day. Five to ten times per day, a word splatters across my...
View ArticleMarch Madness Poetry 2013: Don’t Miss The Madness!
Attention Kids’ Poets: Are you looking for a new kind of poetic challenge? Don’t miss your chance to participate in this year’s March Madness Poetry tournament (codename: #MMPoetry)! Last year’s event...
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ROUND ONE: 6-malarkey vs. 11-grok
The word 6-malarkey was suggested by Iroquois Intermediate’s thinkers, readers, and writers. Click here for authlete instructions. Poems are due in 15 hours 40 minutes 6 seconds! Enjoy the madness!...
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ROUND ONE: 3-shank vs. 14-unbutton
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ROUND ONE: 7-espouse vs. 10-asymmetric
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ROUND ONE: 2-gesture vs. 15-meretricious
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ROUND ONE: 1-rent vs. 16-parallax
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ROUND ONE: 8-bereft vs. 9-burgle
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