Poetry

Words That Make You Feel

Preface Statement

"Poetry is life distilled."  ~Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetry's economic use of language allows the reader to feel using devices that appeal to the imagination. The effectiveness of poetry lies in what is not said. Implication and inference dance like Romeo and Juliet; patterning an intensity of life and its endless possibilities.

Online Poetry

Razzle Dazzle - A Funny Children's Poetry Book by Andy Seed

Online Poetry

Top selling UK children's book by Benny Bellamacina © 2011 Hoot Books

Readers Grades K-2

What Will I Be When I Grow Up? Poetry for Kids 

  • Written by Holly Karapetkova, Photos by Lisa Eastman, Fema, Michelle Malveno, Scott Stuart, North Georgia Media, DegitalVision, Jacom Stephens, Ronnie Comeau, Graham Heywood and Carmen Martinez Banus
  • Published in 2007 by Fitzgerald Books, ISBN 978-1-4242-1374-0
  • Photographs complement rhyming verse;the blend suggests to children various types of job possibilities.*


Readers Grades 3-5

The Elements in Poetry: Poems About Earth

  • Compiled by Andrew Fusek Peters, Editorial by Julia Bird & Su Swallow, Design by Simon Borrough, Production by Jenny Mulvanny
  • Published in 2008 by Cherrytree Books, ISBN 1842345206
  • This piece is a bright, energetic, interesting way to incorporate art, design, poetic literature, and science. Poetry ranges from concrete to traditional, from thoughtful to funny. The intersection of interests creates appeal to a wide range of readers.*

Readers Grades 6-9

Dark Sons

  • Coretta Scott King honor Book written by Nikki Grimes
  • Published in 2005 by Hyperion Books for Children, ISBN 0-7868-1888-3
  • Jarringly real verse juxtaposes Biblical Ishmael with a modern-day "Ishmael" named Sam. Their similar circumstances, though miles and centuries apart, evoke comparable emotions. This economical use of language is not short on meaning.*

Treasury of Year-Round Poems

  • Edited by Patricia S. Klein
  • Published in 2006 by Random House, ISBN 0-375-72146-0
  • More than one hundred verse selections explore aspects of the seasons with an emphasis on sight and sound images. This is advanced reading.