Very Bad Poetry

Very Bad Poetry
Author: Kathryn Petras
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 145
Release: 1997-03-25
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0679776222

Writing very bad poetry requires talent. It helps to have a wooden ear for words, a penchant for sinking into a mire of sentimentality, and an enviable confidence that allows one to write despite absolutely appalling incompetence. The 131 poems collected in this first-of-its-kind anthology are so glaringly awful that they embody a kind of genius. From Fred Emerson Brooks' "The Stuttering Lover" to Matthew Green's "The Spleen" to Georgia Bailey Parrington's misguided "An Elegy to a Dissected Puppy", they mangle meter, run rampant over rhyme, and bludgeon us into insensibility with their grandiosity, anticlimax, and malapropism. Guaranteed to move even the most stoic reader to tears (of laughter), Very Bad Poetry is sure to become a favorite of the poetically inclined (and disinclined).

Poetic Fun

Poetic Fun
Author: Debbie Connolly
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0787744352

The perfect lifesaver for anytime you need to save the day! This rich resource provides complete instructions and materials for organized, engaging, theme-based activities. You can turn to this anytime a field trip gets rained out or a school assembly is cancelled at the last minute.

Jabberwalking

Jabberwalking
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536201405

A former United States Poet Laureate shares secrets about viewing the world from a poet's perspective, explaining how "jabberwalking" poets draw inspiration from everything they experience to express themselves in creative ways.

Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons Sample

Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons Sample
Author: Amy Buswell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1451680864

Sample Lesson from Amy Buswell and Bruce Lansky's Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons! Turn struggling readers into happy readers — For Grades 2–5. This sample lesson and introduction from Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons provides the research and methodology behind the most entertaining fluency intervention ever! As well as a kid-tested poem, customized reading lesson, an off-the-wall illustration, and zany performance tips—all designed to make the process of reading more like fun than work! Perfect for teachers and parents who want to help children improve their reading. Check out the full version of Giggle Poetry Reading Lessons available in softcover and eBook for the full lesson plan.

I Love My Bike

I Love My Bike
Author: Simon Mole
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2024-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0711256225

I Love My Bike tells the story of a girl's first experience with her bike, and is filled with beautiful illustrations and a heartwarming message of perseverance. There's a flame on the frame and I love how it feels from my head to my heels when my feet push the pedals and the pedals turn the wheels. I love my bike. I Love My Bike is a picture book about a daughter learning to ride a bike with the help of her father. It's also about that exhilarating feeling you get when you succeed at something for the first time as a child. And, most importantly, it's about learning that when you fall off, the best thing to do is get back on again! The story is told through wonderful watercolours from critically acclaimed artist Sam Usher, with words from children's poet Simon Mole. Celebrating both family relationships and being outdoors, this is the perfect read for families everywhere.

Poems Aloud

Poems Aloud
Author: Joseph Coelho
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2020-02
Genre:
ISBN: 0711247684

Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award winning ​Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out 20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much loved and award winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear. Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life. "Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho" ~ Books for Keeps

How to Read a Poem

How to Read a Poem
Author: Terry Eagleton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-12-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 111830621X

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poemis designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends thesubject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personalpossession of the students and the general reader. Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relationto content. Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the presentday and submits them to brilliantly illuminating closesanalysis. Discusses the work of major poets, including John Milton,Alexander Pope, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson,W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, W.H.Auden, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon,and many more. Includes a helpful glossary of poetic terms.

The Poem That Will Not End

The Poem That Will Not End
Author: Joan Bransfield Graham
Publisher: Two Lions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-28
Genre: Children's poetry, American
ISBN: 9781477847152

Ryan O'Brian is riding a wave of inspiration with no shoreline in sight--he can't STOP writing poetry. In the cafeteria with french fries. In the bathroom with toothpaste. Even on the soccer field with mud! Has he reached an artistic crescendo with a sonnet on the staircase and a villanelle on the shower curtain? What next? In this innovative, inspiring picture book, you'll find a laugh-out-loud story poem full of hilarious antics, and, if you look carefully, you'll discover Ryan's own poems within the inventive illustrations. As a bonus, Ryan's helpful guide to fifteen poetic forms and five voices invites you to challenge your own poetic imagination. Ideal for reading aloud or acting out, here's the perfect book to celebrate the joy of poetry and spark creative thinking. Join in the fun!

The Discovery of Poetry

The Discovery of Poetry
Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2001
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780156007627

Beginning with basic terminology and techniques, Mayes shows how focusing on one aspect of a poem can help you to better understand, appreciate, and enjoy the reading and writing experience.

Once, I Laughed My Socks Off - Poems for Kids

Once, I Laughed My Socks Off - Poems for Kids
Author: Steven Attewell
Publisher: Steven Attewell
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2012-04-11
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1475030452

A collection of fun and imaginative of poems for fun and imaginative kids (and those adults that still behave like kids). Learn why you should tidy up after yourself, why midnight snacking is not such a good idea, and what to do if you laugh so hard that your socks come off!This delightful book of children's poems contains a host of interesting stories and characters for your kids to enjoy. Each story more fun that the last.Amongst the stories you'll find Melvin the midnight-snacking, sneaking teddy bear who can't wait to get his hands on the rest of the jam. Two collared doves, Ebb and Flo, who narrowly escape a run-in with the cat and fall in love. My socks (which won't stop dancing around). And Desmond, your friendly, but slightly present-obsessed Christmas fairy.This book is suitable for 4 to 50 year-olds.