April is National Poetry Month
Collect, &/or write some poetry for
Poem in Your Pocket Day (PIYP Day), Friday, April 29th.
This poetry sharing day is an international movement inviting us to select a poem, carry it with us, and share it with other at schools, bookstores, libraries, local shops, parks, workplaces, coffee shops, street corners, and more. You can read/share a poem or give it away!
For your French pocket poem needs (for both students and adults),
check out the 2018 booklet created by
HUMOROUS POETRY:
"Ickle Me Tickle Me ..." by Shel Silverstein
Crocodile's Toothache (By Shel Silverstein) (2:19)
POETRY TYPES:
HAIKU:
-
Haiku from ABCTeach.com written mostly by grade 3 students
- Bastion Student Haiku,
Kidsku - students please send your Haikus to Mme Me if you want to be added to this link: smurrrell@sd83.bc.ca
FREE VERSE: poetry that doesn't rhyme, but rather sounds like regular speech
Someone brought me a firefly.
Sparkling and glittering like a yellow crystal.
Looking like a star in the sky.
Cool in your hand to see.
It flies very fast and the buzz sounds like music.
It tickles as it crawls on my arm.
My heart turns into a flashlight.
Someone brought me a firefly, and it flashed away.
A poem for you:
Singing is your favorite melody.
You found out what friendship means and where it lights up.
Everyone and everything inspires you to keep moving on.
So keep moving on.
The day and night are your best companions.
You see the world as not dangerous but as freedom
and if you ever speak up, know that it’s going to change
how you live and who you are.
You want to be free and escape to a place of delight.
As day and night combine, you will light up the sky.
"Exam Day" by local teacher Ms. Shawn Bird
In the class room
the fan makes the loudest noise
second to the crinkle of paper
turning, shuffling.
Shifting bodies.
deep breaths,
inhaling fortitude,
exhaling a last,
desperate hope.
"Begin Again" by Ms. Shawn Bird
See the tense bodies, tentative smiles,
step through the door into new beginnings,
slip into a new desk, a new view,
ready?
Stretch understandings,
begin again!
DIGITAL POETRY COLLECTIONS:
YOUTH SLAM OR SPOKEN-WORD POETS:
Asha Christensen at TEDxKids@SMU 2012 (2:41)
"The Miracle of Morning" by Amanda Gorman (2:22)
Solli Raphael, 12 becomes the youngest winner of Australian Poetry Slam (2:30)
Amanda Gorman reads "The Hill We Climb," USA Inauguration Poem,
Jan 20, 2021 (5:52)
Lesson Plan Ideas for Educators:
A Poem for Adults Modelling for Children How to Be Their Best:
Thank you to Mme Isaac for sharing this Youtube version of "Desiderata" with me - beautiful.
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