Mother’s Day is almost here, and with it comes the season of plaster handprints, macaroni necklaces, and painted cards. If you are helping children create the perfect Mother’s Day present, consider having them write a poem. In addition to teaching about writing, rhyming, and poetry, having a child write a poem for the holiday will ...
Your poet: that special person in your life that wanders through their day, making wordplay jokes, trailing their hands over the wall’s rough texture, staring endlessly out the window, and mumbling to themselves in sing-song scat. You know them, love them. But to buy them the perfect gift for the holidays, consider these suggestions. Chances ...
In William Wordsworth’s “Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” he describes good poetry as the spontaneous overflow of emotion. He goes on later, however, to describe how the poet must train his emotions through much reflection and deep contemplation. Wordsworth describes a true poet as one who uses language that is common to everyday people; the poet ...
In honor of National Poetry Month 2009, I offer this simple guide to three of my favorite poetic forms: the haiku, the sonnet, and the terzanelle. 1. Haiku. If you are new to writing poetry, for National Poetry Month 2009, start out with one of the shorter poetic forms: the haiku. Haiku is a poetic ...
