Poetry Friday

Poetry Friday: Paperback News, Sealey Challenge Update and More!

 
Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup. 
 
 

Wait Rest Pause Out in Paperback

This week Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature came out in paperback. I’m excited that this book will be more affordable for teachers and families.
 
 
 
 
 

Sealey Challenge Update

 
I always try to front load my Sealey Challenge books with the longer books first because I know, once school starts, it will be much harder to read a book a day. I mostly novels-in-verse this week, and I’d recommend all of them. Black Girl You Are Atlas is more of a memoir poetry collection. It belongs in every middle school and high school library!
 
 
 

Haiku of the Week

 
invading the oaks
mimosa waves her fan
peacocking the walk
 
Photo Taken: July 8, 2024 while on a walk in the neighborhood
Haiku Written: July 30, 2024
 
 

Poem as Picture Book

 
 
by April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by Jialei Sun
Charlesbridge, 2024
 

This 130-word poem is all about pickles. Each spread also has sidebars that explain different types of pickles and pickling techniques.

Poetry Connections

  • Word choice
  • Rhyming quatrains
  • Assonance
  • Alliteration

Links

 
 

Grow

Part of growing is stretching, and I always feel like The Sealey Challenge is such a stretch for me. But at the same time, it sets a nice routine in a very chaotic time of year. It’s been lovely to sit down and force myself to read a book each evening.

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