Poetry

And the winners are…

Volunteering to judge a poetry contest is simultaneously one of the best and the worst jobs I could have asked for. The best, because it is ...
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Poetry Contest Update!

Poetry Contest Closed and Winners Announced Soon! Our Poetry Contest is officially closed--many thanks to all the contestants! We received some fantastic entries, more than ...
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A Novel in Verse and Verse in a Novel

We're rounding out our Poetry Month coverage with three books for middle-graders: Gone Fishing: a Novel in Verse, by Tamera Will Wissinger, illustrated by Matthew ...
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Shark Girl: Drama in Real Life (and in fiction)

This post has been planned for a couple of weeks, but I wanted to acknowledge a potentially sensitive connection with the victims of the recent ...
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Poetry Anthologies

A good poetry anthology is like going to a friend's house with a basket, and being told, "Oh, you must read this one, and this one, and ...
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cover of red sings from treetops

Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. 32 pages. Reading Level: Picture Books, ages ...
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Waxing Poetic: a pop quiz and some homework from the teacher

It's National Poetry Month! Who cares, right? Well, YOU should care. Not because it's "National Poetry Month," per se, but because poetry is worth enjoying ...
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Poetry Contest and Challenge for National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month, and we here at Redeemed Reader love to be in on any literary action. Therefore, Megan and I are sponsoring ...
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Cowboys and Other Guy Stuff: Poems by David Harrison

The title is a misnomer; poetry is for girls, too—and humans in general.  In spite of my lazy attitude toward it, poetry is the highly ...
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The Splendor of the Ordinary

I have a confession to make: I’m not a fan of poetry.  For someone who loves literature, I see this not as a mere preference ...
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May B by Caroline Starr Rose

May B., by Caroline Starr Rose, Schwartz & Wade, 2012, 225 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, Ages 10-12 Recommended for: Ages 10-12 and up Bottom Line: ...
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The Poetry of Nature

Contest: Do you have a favorite kids' poem?  Would you or your kids like to write your own?  Post your new or favorite poems in ...
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A Poem for Christmas Morning

ADVENT II The year the tree fell: Little bits of brittle angels all over the floor, bent up boxes, and torn paper. I cut myself ...
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Salem’s curse

Wicked Girls, by Stephanie Hemphill.  HarperCollins, 2010, 389 pages.  Young Adult Father of Lies, by Ann Turner.  HarperTeen, 2011, 326 pages.  Young Adult There are ...
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National Poem in My Pocket Day

Yesterday as I was emptying the contents of my husbands' pockets and my own, preparing our clothes for the Great Machinated Flume Ride that is ...
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‘The Dawning’ by George Herbert

Awake sad heart whom sorrow ever drowns; Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth; Unfold thy forehead, gathered into frowns; Thy Saviour comes, and ...
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