This text of Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's poem "So Many Ways" can be found in audio at the link in the post.

A small, red, wooden heart rests in snow on a pink metal table.

Since 2010, I've shared a weekly poem along with a few thoughts at The Poem Farm, my blog-for-students. Today's post offers a triolet & a bit about repetition. #Writing #KidLit #Authors #Poetry #Poem #ChildrensAuthor #Triolet #Writing #ChildrensPoem #NoAds #NoAI

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Oh Baby! It's #NationalNoodleDay !
#pasta #pastalovers #childrenspoem #poetryforkids #kidlit #noodlelovers

I originally recorded this rhyming story as part of our anniversary episode about Tucker & Dale, but really it deserves its own place.

Children, have I ever spun you the yarn of the world we left behind...?

#hippo #hippopotamus #childrenspoem #poetry #kids #storytime #drseuss

Sometimes I can get really big feelings
Even though I'm small.
Maybe they're even bigger for me, because I'm smaller?
Maybe I feel them more?
Big people don't always seem to get that.

#childrenspoem #poem #highlysensitivechild

2/2:
Then wings like a bird...
or a dragon.
I'd join up with other clouds and get bigger and bigger,
then turn grey and let all the rain drop out of me.
Until I shrank down to a little wisp again.
That's what I'd do.
If I were a cloud.

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Celebrating #poetrymonth with my #childrenspoem, just published in the latest Spider magazine issue ✍🏼
The wonderful artwork is by Denise Plauche.

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