The UK’s National Poetry Day — Oct. 1st

Oct. 1, 2020 is National Poetry Day in the UK (America celebrates Poetry Month in April so I may be back on this topic then). I don’t write poetry. You can see in this list of how-to-write-poetry tips why. In short, it requires too much thought for my brain–you have to put so much meaning into just a few words.

Online Sites

If you write poetry, here are some great sites you might like to visit (I teach K-8 so my resources tend to focus on that age group):

1. A to Z genres in poetry
2. Classical Poems for Kids
3. Crocodile’s Toothache–video of a Shel Silverstein poem
4. Famous Children’s Poems
5. Favorite Poem Project
6. Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Poetry
7. Glossary of Poetry Terms
8. Holiday Poem Generator (in Word, Excel, more)
9. Kids Magnetic Poetry
10. Make-your-own magnetic poetry with Google Drawings
11. Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools
12. Poetry Engine—writes poem for you
13. Poetry for Kids
14. Poets reading their own poetry–from the National Archives
15. Rhyming Dictionary–find words that rhyme for poetry
16. Shel Silverstein’s poetry website
17. TED: Why Poetry (video)
18. Word Mover--create poetry using pieces of existing poems

Favorite Blogging Poets

Here are some of my favorite blogging poets:

Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author--oh my, how she shares the beauty of Maine is amazing

Emotional Shadows–with Balroop, where all emotions are cared for

DL Finn, Author--I didn’t know Denise wrote poetry until I read this post; just lovely

Robbie’s Inspiration — Robbie writes poetry and fiction, both with her own personal voice

My Window–poetry is how Miriam shares her life

What are you doing to celebrate National Poetry Day?

More on poetry

Yemenite Jewish Poetry

Epic Poetry

15 Tips for Writing Poetry

More about Poetry–what is it, its origins, why learn it

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Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Man vs. Nature saga, and the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice,  a columnist for NEA Today, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Look for her next prehistoric trilogy, Dawn of Humanity, starting with Laws of Nature, Fall 2021.