Students - Yesterday my sister wrote to tell me, "Your poem is on the back page of this month's BABYBUG magazine!" We give a subscription of BABYBUG to our little nephew, and Heidi and Luke were reading along when all of the sudden they found my old poem. This was one of my first published poems, in LADYBUG many years ago, and I was happily surprised to learn that the Cricket Media group had reprinted it.
Today's poem is a short and sweet one. And really, it's simply a procedural or how-to poem. Notice how each line offers one more step in making a jack o'lantern. It's both poem and how-to. Sometimes I enjoy thinking about HOW to do something and then writing about it. You might choose to write a poem of this sort yourself. What do you know how to do? It might be something small such as carving a jack o'lantern or something big such as making a friend.
One thing I do not know how to do is make book trailers. But fortunately, I know some talented people who do. I am very thankful to the team of DAS HAUS Productions for producing this trailer which captures the feeling of my poem "Forever" and all of READ! READ! READ!, my new book with talented illustrator Ryan O'Rourke and published by Boyds Mills Press.
Thank you to:
Robbie Snow - Writer Director
Brandon Babbit - Executive Producer
Sawyer Oubre - Director of Photography (and my friend)
Dylan Genis - Gaffer
Jimmie Cummings, B. Reddick Jr., & T. James - Actors
Enjoy....
I am holding an Amazon giveaway for 5 winners, each to win 1 copy of READ! READ! READ! This giveaway ends on October 18, and if you wish, you can enter it HERE.
Please visit the latest post at my other blog, Sharing Our Notebooks to win a copy of Caroline Starr Rose's latest book! She's sharing a poem AND a peek inside of her notebooks.
Happy Poetry Friday, friends! Have a wonderful time celebrating 13 this week and all week long at Live Your Poem with Irene who is hosting this week's Poetry Friday roundup!
Please visit the latest post at my other blog, Sharing Our Notebooks to win a copy of Caroline Starr Rose's latest book! She's sharing a poem AND a peek inside of her notebooks.
Happy Poetry Friday, friends! Have a wonderful time celebrating 13 this week and all week long at Live Your Poem with Irene who is hosting this week's Poetry Friday roundup!
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