April is Poetry Month.
We invite you to read and write poetry this month.
You can write any kind of poem you want. You can email your poem to jperryman@milanlibrary.org or bring it to us after we reopen. You can put it on a "leaf" cut out of paper or submit it in any form and we'll add it to a leaf.
Once we reopen, we'll add your poems to our Poetree (poetry + tree) in the library. As a thank you for participating, we will also have a random drawing to award prizes to a few people who participate.
Take a look at these resources to read and listen to poetry and try some poetry activities:
Poets.org and Poems for kids on poets.org - a variety of poetry for you to read and
Shel Silverstein - read aloud videos, activities, and more
ReadWriteThink - interactive poetry writing. Choose acrostic poems, haiku poems, or more and the site will walk you through from brainstorming to writing a poem. Flash is required for this website.
Scholastic Poetry - Jack Prelutsky, and Karla Kuskin each share one of their poems and writing tips for you to create your own poetry.
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| Here is one of our previous Poetrees (poetry + tree). We hope to have your poems to add to our Poetree this year when we reopen. |
