Hey there, fellow word-lovers! Let’s be honest: we’ve all been there. Staring at a blank page, waiting for that golden, perfect idea to float down from the heavens. We think of writing—especially poetry—as this quiet, intensely cerebral activity. We sit still, we think hard, and we wait for the muse to show up.
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I hopped over to Angie Quantrell’s blog, Love, Laughter, and Life, this week to talk about what you can do with haiku other than write, read, and share it. You might be surprised by the fun you can have with haiku! Come on over and get crafty with us! Plus, enter the giveaway (ends Aug 21, 2024)
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A huge thank you to Patricia Newman for the opportunity to hop over as a guest blogger to her amazing STEM & Language Arts Blog, LitLinks. In the post, we explore how to teach leveled haiku to different age groups based on my book “How Do You Haiku?: A Step-by-Step Guide with Templates. Once students get the hang of writing haiku, they can explore creative templates like writing haiku comics, creating kuhi (poem stones), and more!
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Unlike a simile, which uses “like” or “as” to compare two things, a metaphor directly states one thing is another. It makes a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated. The comparisons are usually vague, making the reader work to figure out what is being said.
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I am pleased to announce that we now have an official Poetry Pop Journal! Available in paperback and hardcover and two colors and finishes, it’s the perfect way to add a pop of poetry to your day! Record notes from the blog and keep your poetry tucked safely inside.
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Once an oral form of poetry, the pantoum is a poem form from 15th century Malaysia and is popular among French poets. The twenty-line rhyming poem works best when written on an emotional topic like memories, history, family issues, or grief.
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You might remember the poem, Nine Parts of Speech, from your childhood. Written in a catchy rhythm, we learn the parts of speech which we use when writing or speaking English every day. The poem was written by student, Green Baker of Freedman’s School in 1865/66.
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I am pleased to share my interview with Literary Titan about my new how-to haiku handbook and why I wrote it. Click the bolded title below for the scoop!
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I am happy to welcome this “how to haiku” handbook into the world (for ages 8 & up)! I fell in love with words from the moment I met them and wrote my first poem when I was eight years old. This is the book I wish I had when I was young. A book that would not only teach me simple ways to understand and write haiku but one that also said that my words were worthwhile, and my poetry was worth sharing. This book is part technique, part pep-talk, and part wordplay with a whole lot of templates and haiku crafts. I hope you love it as much as I do and will share the love by introducing it to kids, teachers, librarians, and parents
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