A poem begins with a lump in the throat. ~Robert Frost

Here are a number of exciting resources for your poetry work with children. And there is not better time to start, since April is National Poetry Month!  http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/index.htm

Gail Desler’s Blog on poetry is amazing! Can we ask for more? Filled with super links and exciting information. Go there now…… http://www.edutopia.org/technology-collaboration-poetry-month-gail-desler

Read about “The trouble with Poetry…” by a U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins http://www.edutopia.org/trouble-poetry