Pleasures from the Page: NPM Day 17: Something Poetic!
Today's poetry book share is not from my personal collection, but I found this long-time favorite at my local library. It's written and illu...| pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com
Kim Johnson at Common Threads asked us to write about compassion for our October Spiritual Journey gathering.| Pleasures from the Page
Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise is hosting our Spiritual Journey Thursday gathering for September. She invited us to write about her OLW for 2025, barefoot.| Pleasures from the Page
Leigh Anne at A Day in the Life invited us to write about family.| Pleasures from the Page
Karen at Karen's Got a Blog invited us to write to the prompt Still Waters | Pleasures from the Page
"Since retirement, summer no longer has the delicious| Pleasures from the Page
Perfect pirate pose| Pleasures from the Page
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems To Open Your World by Padraig O Tuama finally arrived in the digital format from Libby. I'm in love and all I did was read the Introduction and the first poem. This is not a book that I'm content to read digitally and return to the library. The poems deserve to be highlighted, reread, dogeared, and savored. | Pleasures from the Page
Sometimes a slow stroll lets you discover more, like this creature featured from a recent walk!| Pleasures from the Page
You're never too old to learn a new trick. That's why librarians deserve to be your best friends! They know the tricks and they will share them with you.| Pleasures from the Page
On my morning walk, I listened to Emily P. Freeman's podcast and decided to follow her format for naming what's saving her life right now. "It's time for our seasonal episode of What's Saving My Life Right Now on The Next Right Thing podcast. It could be anything from a favorite product to a spiritual practice, a fun new TV show, or a meaningful relationship. When it comes to naming what we love this spring, everything counts."| Pleasures from the Page
As a confirmed tree lover, I couldn't resist this title from the 2025 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels list.| Pleasures from the Page
I try to check in periodically (at four month intervals) with my One Little Word. This year's word BE is less active than many of my past words and in some ways more challenging. | Pleasures from the Page
Carol, our SJT host for May, invited us to ponder the wonder of| Pleasures from the Page
I said goodbye to National Poetry Month with a visit to Robby's kindergarten classroom to share poems from my many pockets. It's not Poem in Your Pocket Day, but any day when you get to share poems with kids is cause for celebration! I also shared poems in Jack's 2nd grade classroom, but forgot to take pictures. He remembered that last year I let them keep the poem they selected. I didn't do that this year, but I came home and made a two sided handout of some favorites for them. Jack and his...| Pleasures from the Page
I bring you four delightful anthologies compiled by the king of poetry (crowned by me in my NPM project of 2017), Lee Bennett Hopkins. Reading always tops my list of hobbies and since poetry also figures on that list of diversions, poems about books combine both interests. | Pleasures from the Page
We finished a three-day sprint with three of our four grandsons (ages 8, 6, and 3 & three quarters). Not surprisingly, I fell behind on my poetry month project. Their parents are still traveling, but Aunt Ann arrived last night. I'll spotlight three favorite picture book anthologies by Paul B. Janeczko with three favorite poems from each book for days 25, 26, and 27..| Pleasures from the Page
After checking this book out of the library over and over, I finally broke down in 2017 and purchased my own copy. I love the seven keys for writing haiku provided in this book and used them with my students when I was teaching. After introducing the seven keys, the book encourages readers to participate in several projects: your first haiku, your favorite season haiku, your haibun (story with haiku), your haiga (drawing and haiku), and your renga (linked poetry). These projects are broken ...| Pleasures from the Page
This book deserves a stellar spot on your bookshelf. For starters, I've met both poets. I wrote MISF grants so that Irene Latham and Charles Waters (at different times) were both visiting authors to our middle school. And they inspired our students to be writers too! The next thing I love about this book is the stunning artwork by Mehrdokht Amini. The front cover, the back cover, and every illustration in between will inspire you and move you to action to make our world a better place for ev...| Pleasures from the Page
When I glanced over my poetry bookshelves, Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, popped out as a perfect choice for Earth Day. This was Amy's first book, but certainly not her last. You can read about each of her books here. I was captivated by Amy's presentation the first time I heard her speak at an All Write conference. I love following her blog, The Poem Farm (with a carefully chosen theme each year for Poetry Month), and enjoyed sharing it with my students when I was teaching.I to...| Pleasures from the Page
Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life by Allan Wolf and illustrated by Tuesday Mourning is my recommended book to share with the young poets in your life. I liked using Anatomy of a Poem, p. 47, to show how to annotate a poem. This analysis of George Ella Lyon's "Where I'm From" was a great introduction for motivating students to write their own "Where I'm From" poems. | Pleasures from the Page
And from my archives,| Pleasures from the Page
Welcome to Day 19 of our Kidlit Progressive Poem, a yearly opportunity to join friends in the Poetry Friday community as we create a communal poem for children. Margaret's inspiration came as she gazed out her back window at her golden-doodle pup. I enjoyed thinking about other creatures who might be lurking in our spring meadow. I pass the baton to Mary Lee for the next line and the ending to our stanza . . . | Pleasures from the Page
Jone McCulloch hosts Poetry Friday this week | Pleasures from the Page
Today's poetry book share is not from my personal collection, but I found this long-time favorite at my local library. It's written and illu...| pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com
"Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion." -Barry Lopez| pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com
Welcome to the poetry playground. I love the glee and exuberance of the children in this photo. I look forward to reading your posts. Last m...| pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com
