Tag Archives: poetry

Make Blackout Poetry {Craft Challenge, Day 113}

Sarah White April 22, 2016 Craft Challenge2 Comments

If you’re hesitant to use your own words to write poetry, or you aren’t sure what to say or how to get started, blackout poetry is a fun way to write poetry with other people’s words. What is Blackout Poetry? I first saw these on Austin Kleon’s blog, but lots …

Do a Poetry Bombing {Craft Challenge, Day 112}

Sarah White April 21, 2016 Craft Challenge1 Comment

Now that we’ve spent a few days enjoying poetry, let’s share some of it with the world through a poetry bombing, which is just a way of saying leaving poems in public places. I was going to do this at my daughter’s school, but then I decided to do it …

Write a Poem About Something That’s Driving You Crazy {Craft Challenge, Day 111}

Sarah White April 20, 2016 Craft Challenge0 Comments

One of my favorite poems is “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” by Billy Collins. If you don’t know it, I’ll share a little here, but click the link and read the whole thing: The neighbors’ dog will not stop barking. He is barking the same …

Read a Long Poem {Craft Challenge, Day 110}

Sarah White April 19, 2016 Craft Challenge / reading0 Comments

Reading poetry is actually a great way to jumpstart creativity in your own brain. We’ve talked a little bit about reading poetry when we compiled our poetry books yesterday, but today’s challenge is a little more challenging: read a long poem. Why Read a Long Poem? Long poems can mean …

Make a Poetry Book {Craft Challenge, Day 109}

Sarah White April 18, 2016 Craft Challenge1 Comment

Do you read poetry? Do you have poems that you remember liking but you don’t read very often? Or would you like to read more poetry more often? Let’s make a poetry book to hold a few poems on a theme, or just poems that you like. Finding Poems It’s …

Write a Haiku {Craft Challenge, Day 108}

Sarah White April 17, 2016 Craft Challenge0 Comments

It’s National Poetry Month, so I had already planned some creative challenges around poetry, but I read online today that it is International Haiku Poetry Day, so who am I to pass up the chance to write a haiku (or several)? What is Haiku? It’s likely you had to write …

Our Favorite Poetry Book for Kids

Sarah White April 1, 2016 Kids / reading / Reviews6 Comments

It’s National Poetry Month, and I know it can be difficult to take the time to read poetry to kids, especially if you’re not a big fan of poetry yourself. One easy way to get everyone excited about reading poetry is to actually listen to poetry being read well. Have …