Thursday, October 6, 2011

Welcome to Poetry Friday! Poetry Tag Time and more!

Spread some Cybils love! Have you nominated your favorite book of children's or YA poetry for the 2011 Cybils yet? Nominations are still being accepted and there are many wonderful books of poetry that still need to be nominated. So check out the list of 2011 Cybils poetry nominations, and then use this form to nominate your favorite!

 I've been missing poetry in my life, lately. I adore the sense of wonder that poetry gives me, the space between the lines for my imagination to take flight, for feelings and emotions to connect to memories and senses, for images to blossom in my mind. One of my great joys this spring was buying the ebook Poetry Tag Time, an anthology compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. It's perfect for dipping into, but be warned - it will get you hooked, make you laugh, pull you from poem to poem! Take a quick look at it, and then share your own favorite poems and poetry books for children in the comments below for Poetry Friday.

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Poetry Tag Time
compiled by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
©2011 PoetryTagTime
available for the Kindle or the Nook
ages 7 - 12
Tag, you're it! It's a game we all loved to play as kids. This book makes poetry fun and interesting by inviting poets to play a game of tag. It all starts off with Jack Prelutsky writing about the moon and what would happen if it was a balloon or cheese or a sun. And then Joyce Sidman's tagged! As the Poetry Tag Time site describes, "Jack’s poem makes Joyce think of the sun as an egg yolk and she shares a shape poem, “Maybe.” Joyce then chooses Nikki Grimes: Tag--You’re IT!" As the Poetry Tag Time site describes,
"PoetryTagTime is the first electronic-only poetry anthology for kids! With 30 new poems by 30 well-known contemporary poets writing for children today, here is a poem-a-day for a month of poetry reading, sharing, and exploring."
Poetry Tag Time is the perfect invitation for kids (and adults) to see how one poem can lead to another, one image to the next, one poet to another. And what fun to have this ebook tucked away on your Kindle, Nook, iPad or other ereader for just that perfect time you want to take a break from your busy life and enjoy a bit of poetry. This book is only available as an ebook.

Do you work with older kids? You'll surely want to check out Sylvia and Janet's newest collection for teens: P*Tag. 31 amazing poets play poetry tag: one poem is connected to another by sharing three words, each inspired by an amazing photograph. 

Welcome to Poetry Friday!

Please share your favorite poetry for children in the comments. Then take a moment from your hectic day (why is it that we want to accomplish so much on Fridays?) and browse through the lovely links below.

Tabatha Yeatts shares "The Prescription" by Jacob Polley.

At a wrung sponge, Andi shares a poem "From the Trail". Just perfect for this autumn day. Thank you, Andi!

Elaine Magliaro shares Autumn poems over at Wild Rose Reader. Get into the spirit of the season by reading some of her lovely fall poems.

At The Poem Farm, Amy shares her original poem White Fields and also talks about how it comes from her own notebook. Read more about writer's notebooks at Amy's new blog Sharing Our Notebooks.

Jeannine Atkins writes today about writing poetry by starting at the surface, with a glimpse at how Mary Oliver does this.

Over at PinkMe, Paula shares the briefest of poems, written by her Milo when a certain someone was late picking him up :)

Anastasia Suen sends in Traffic Pups for her Picture Book of the Day: it's a post for Poetry Friday + STEM Friday.

Over at TeachingAuthors, you'll see a post by April Halprin Wayland. This Friday she is offering a poem written to a first draft: To My First Draft (you may know that this is called an apostrophe poem), and then she deconstructs the poem. April also encourages readers to write and share their own apostrophe poems. April is one of the featured poets on Poetry Tag Time, with the delightful "World Wide Wag".

Myra Garces-Bacsal writes that her Poetry Friday contribution for the week is a Q and A with Poet Extraordinaire Professor Gemino H Abad. A discussion on the agonies and joys of first love, muses, the moon, and poetry.

At A Year of Reading, Mary Lee shares "The Devil's NOT in the Details". I love her reflections - so true, so true. I do so love looking at all the details around us.

At Author Amok, Laura Shovan is looking at a form related to the acrostic, the mesostic. DC-base poet Melanie Henderson talks about the genesis of her poem, "A Post-Black Mesostic."

Ben at The Small Nouns is sharing a poem by Lou Lipsitz today: "Have a ____ Day," inspired by a recent TED conference he attended. Inspiring, indeed!

Today, over at my juicy little universe, Heidi Mordhorst shares her reflections on apple-picking and a poem by Robert Frost. 

Maria Horvath writes that we're still looking at the theme of romance, with a poem by Robert Graves that explains what those achy breaky songs are all about. Head over to A Poem a Day from the George Hail Library to check this out.

Carol shares a football poem, in honor of my two fellas, who are right in the middle of their favorite season: "Football Season".

Robin Hood Black writes "I’m delighted to feature Steven Withrow as our special guest today. This poet, storyteller, and author is a passionate advocate for young people’s literature and serves as an advisor to the Keene State Children’s Literature Festival."

Diane Mayr checks in - she's sharing some great links this week! She writes, "I have Poetry Tag Time on my computer since I have a Kobo. It works great and it looks great on a larger screen!" At Random Noodling, Diane has Amy Lowell's "The Matrix." Kids of the Homefront Army continues with "Heaven." Kurious Kitty looks at A Little Bitty Man and Kurious K's Kwotes' has a quote by Julie Larios.

Barbara at The Write Sisters is having a technical problem today, but managed to get "Problems with Hurricanes" posted before things went south!

Steven Withrow has an original poem in a Welsh verse form called a Rhupunt, which he's titled "Jurrasic Fish".

Ruth is sharing the poem "Lost" by David Wagoner.

At Picture Books and Pirouettes, Kerry Aradhya is sharing "an original today, too...except I wrote it when I was in elementary school :)" What fun!

At A Teaching Life, Tara is sharing a poem from a new collection of poetry by poet/teacher Svea Barrett.

Jama's serving up Diane Wakoski's "Breakfast" over at Jama's Alphabet Soup. Breakfast is a lovely, wonderful meal - especially on a special day.

Head to Pentimento to read "At a Window" by Carl Sandburg.

At Read Write Believe, Sara writes, "I was lucky enough to hear Robert Pinsky read at the Folger Shakespeare Library this week, and I'm sharing a poem from his "Things to Hand" series: Jar of Pens." 

At TeacherDance, you can read "Poets Always on the Lookout" and get inspired for finding ideas.

Laura Salas shares wonderful tidbits from P*Tag. I especially loves these lines: "even if we don't / speak the same language, / I'll sip your dream, / and then, and then, say /" -- from Blue Bucket, by Naomi Shihab Nye. Can't wait to get this great anthology from the amazing Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong! Thanks, Laura!

Also remember to head over to 15 Words Or Less, and read/write about Precision.

Father Goose, AKA Charles Ghinga, has a wonderful poem "The Silky Sax" that I've just emailed to our 4th/5th grade teachers! Great imagery!

Janet Squires shares the collection Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park. I adore this wonderful book of Sijo poems - well worth checking out!

review ©2011 Mary Ann Scheuer

28 comments:

  1. Hello! Our Poetry Friday contribution for the week is a Q and A with Poet Extraordinaire Professor Gemino H Abad. A discussion on the agonies and joys of first love, muses, the moon, and poetry. :) Here is the link:
    http://behindthebooks.gatheringbooks.org/?p=517

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  2. Thanks for hosting! I'm up with an original today:

    Thoughts During My Spelling Test

    Happy Poetry Friday to you!

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  3. I've got an original today, too. It's about the details. http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2011/10/poetry-friday-details.html

    I'm excited to dig into Sylvia's NEW poetry tag time for older kids! I've downloaded it onto Kindle, but haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

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  4. Thanks you so much for hosting today. I'm sharing a poem by Lou Lipsitz today: "Have a ____ Day."

    http://thesmallnouns.blogspot.com/2011/10/poetry-friday-fill-in-blanks.html

    --Ben at The Small Nouns

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  5. Hi, Mary Ann--thanks for hosting, and do check out Sylvia and Janet's new digital collection for teens, p*tag! I'm honored to have been on the tag team for this one.

    I'm in today with reflections on apple-picking and a poem by Robert Frost.
    http://myjuicylittleuniverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/picking-apple-of-analysis.html

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  6. Thank you, Mary Ann, for hosting.

    Today we're still looking at the theme of romance, with a poem by Robert Graves that explains what those achy breaky songs are all about.

    http://ghpoetryplace.blogspot.com/

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  7. Thanks for reminding us about the Poetry Tag Team- I need to check it out. I'm in with a football poem, in honor of my two fellas, who are right in the middle of their favorite season. www.carolwscorner.blogspot.com

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  8. Thank you for hosting, Mary Ann!

    The new p*tag is great. Meet one of the contributing poets, Steven Withrow, today at my blog:

    http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=816267

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  9. I have Poetry Tag Time on my computer since I have a Kobo. It works great and it looks great on a larger screen!

    At Random Noodling I have Amy Lowell's "The Matrix." http://www.randomnoodling.com

    Kids of the Homefront Army continues with "Heaven." http://www.homefrontarmy.com

    Kurious Kitty looks at A Little Bitty Man http://www.kuriouskitty.blogspot.com, and, Kurious K's Kwotes' has a quote by Julie Larios. http://kkskwotes.blogspot.com

    Barbara at The Write Sisters is having a technical problem today, but managed to get "Problems with Hurricanes" posted before things went south! http://www.thewritesisters.blogspot.com

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  10. Thanks for hosting, Mary Ann, and for featuring me today, Robyn!

    I've got an original poem in a Welsh verse form called a Rhupunt:

    http://cracklesofspeech.blogspot.com/2011/10/poetry-friday-some-news-and-jurassic.html

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  11. Thanks for hosting us today! Looks like there are a lot of great posts.

    I'm sharing a poem by Jacob Polley:
    http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2011/10/see-as-you-did-again.html

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  12. Happy Poetry Friday! I have an original today, too...except I wrote it when I was in elementary school :)

    http://kerryaradhya.blogspot.com/2011/10/from-archives-i-heart-michael-jackson.html

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  13. Thank you for hosting today, Mary Ann! I'm sharing a poem from a new collection of poetry by poet/teacher Svea Barrett.
    http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/

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  14. I enjoyed Poetry Tag Time and am looking forward to the new teen version.

    Today I'm serving up Diane Wakoski's "Breakfast":

    http://jamarattigan.com/2011/10/07/friday-feast-diane-wakoskis-breakfast/

    Thanks for hosting today, Mary Ann!

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  15. Thank you for hosting. This is for adults as well as children. http://pentiment.blogspot.com/2011/10/poetry-friday-at-window.html

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  16. Oh, I love a good game of tag. Freeze tag, shadow tag, poetry tag...all good.

    I was lucky enough to hear Robert Pinsky read at the Folger Shakespeare Library this week, and I'm sharing a poem from his "Things to Hand" series: Jar of Pens.

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  17. I've played poetry tag with students. They love. Working together. My post this time is about finding ideas! http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2011/10/poets-always-on-lookout.html

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  18. Thanks, Mary Ann! My son's art inspired a new poem "The Silky Sax" at The FATHER GOOSE Blog

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  19. Posting this on behalf of Laura Salas:

    "Thanks for hosting, Mary Ann! I'm in with Sylvia and Janet's new e-thology, p*tag, at http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/295313.html

    And also with 15 Words or Less poems (come play!) at http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/295137.html

    Happy Poetry Friday!

    Laura"

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  20. Thanks for hosting.
    My selection is Tap Dancing on the Roof: sijo (poems) written by Linda Sue Park with pictures by Istvan Banyai.

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  21. It's so exciting to see these e-books coming out...I just got my p*tag, and am so excited to have a poem in POETRY TAG TIME.

    Today I have an original poem about writing as well as a reminder to nominate poetry books for the CYBILS!

    Thank you for hosting, and happy PF!

    A.

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  22. Thanks so much for doing the Poetry Friday Roundup this week. Over at Wild Rose Reader, I have a bunch of poems that I wrote about my favorite season--AUTUMN.

    http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-celebration-passel-of-original.html

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  23. Mary Ann, thanks for writing about one of the coolest of Sylvia's and Janet's many cool projects. It was so much fun to be included in Poetry Tag for Teens.

    I wrote about writing poetry by starting at the surface, with a glimpse at how Mary Oliver does this at: http://jeannineatkins.livejournal.com/167965.html

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  24. Ooh Mary Ann I gotta get me that tag team ebook, that sounds excellent! Thanks for sharing!

    I have the briefest of original poems today, written by a bored Milo when *someone* was late picking him up. :)

    http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/10/poetry-friday-afterschool-enrichment-club-pickup-snafu-haiku.html

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  25. :-) I've just posted about p*tag over at PaperTigers too! I think it's a wonderful book on all sorts of levels.

    http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-ptag-compiled-by-sylvia-vardell-and-janet-wong/

    Thank you for hosting. Now to delve into the other Poetry Friday posts!

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  26. Wow, what an honor to be singled out in your Poetry Friday opening! Thanks so much, Mary Ann. We had so much fun making this poetry e-book and we hope it shows. Thanks again for the support-- Sylvia

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  27. I'm so overjoyed by the amount of activity in the poetry world...in October! Let's spread the word: "Poetry: It's not just for April any more!"

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