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April is National Poetry Month and is a busy time for poets. I’m off myself to Edmonton for the Edmonton Poetry Festival and am looking forward to reading my poetry there and hearing other poets read. One organization in Canada that is for poets (and of which I’ve recently become a member) is the League of Canadian Poets. In 2001 for National Poetry Month, the League launched a website called YoungPoets.ca whose objective is to increase the profile of Canadian poetry amongst young people. This year Young Poets Week runs from the 15-21st and during this time, young poets can get a chance to have their poetry critiqued by an older mentor on-line as well as have the opportunity to post poetry videos on an on-line forum available on the site. Do cruise the Young Poets website and have a look around. In the Teacher’s Lounge, many of the offerings are available also in French (in keeping with the bilingual nature of our country!)
Poetry Friday this week is hosted by Diane at Random Noodling.
My husband was in Wales recently for a conference and heard Welsh poet Gillian Clarke read there. I knew I’d heard of Clarke; in fact, I found her on The Childrens Poetry Archive website where you can hear her read the poem Legend. I was therefore happy to find at my local library a book of poems edited by Clarke that is very appropriate for Halloween. The Whispering Room Haunted Poems (illustrated by Justin Todd, Kingfisher, 1996) is a collection of poetry chosen by Clarke on the theme of ‘haunting.’ As Clarke says in the preface, “Haunting is all about imagination, and the best imaginers are poets and children.”
My daughter and I committed ourselves to reading a poem or two each night out of this anthology (while finishing off The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson!) leading up to Halloween. I find reading poetry with her helpful in teaching her about poetic language and concepts such as rhyme. I let her pick out the poems she would like to try and then we have a go at them. Flipping through the book together, I was quite struck by Justin Todd’s arresting illustrations, some of which drew me to certain poems.
What books are you reading to your child for Halloween? Any good poetry titles? Do share and spread the word! Poetry Friday this week is hosted by Diane Mayr at Random Noodling.
April is National Poetry Month and is a busy time for poets. I’m off myself to Edmonton for the Edmonton Poetry Festival and am looking forward to reading my poetry there and hearing other poets read. One organization in Canada that is for poets (and of which I’ve recently become a member) is the League of Canadian Poets. In 2001 for National Poetry Month, the League launched a website called YoungPoets.ca whose objective is to increase the profile of Canadian poetry amongst young people. This year Young Poets Week runs from the 15-21st and during this time, young poets can get a chance to have their poetry critiqued by an older mentor on-line as well as have the opportunity to post poetry videos on an on-line forum available on the site. Do cruise the Young Poets website and have a look around. In the Teacher’s Lounge, many of the offerings are available also in French (in keeping with the bilingual nature of our country!)