Hope for Today's Heart: Poetry Blast

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Poetry Blast

I just returned home from the American Library Association's conference. The Poetry Blast featuring a number of remarkable children's poets was a highlight for me.

Betsy Franco read fun concrete poems from A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters

Nikki Grimes read beautiful poems from her new book Poems in the Attic

Rebecca Kai Dotlitch read her poetry that put a new twist on fairy tales from Grumbles from the Forest

Marilyn Nelson read selections from her new book How I Discovered Poetry

Alma Flo Ada shared her latest poetry from her free verse fictional narrative Yes! We are Latinos!

F. Isable Campoy her delightful poems from
Poesia eres tu/Poetry is You

Marilyn Singer shared poems from A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals that Call Them Home

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Just like all sisters, they are different in many ways. ... But... They are learning their differences are what make them special, and they are each growing up to be who they are meant to be. God values every person. He created each child with reverence and respect and fashioned them as a unique work of art. Help them embrace the gifts God endowed them with and encourage them to discover who God made them to become. Betsy and Bailey will help a child see that God created them to be themselves.