Student pens award-winning poem Hattiesburg American
Oft-repeated advice for writers is simple: Write what you know. That's what 6-year-old Rowan Elementary student Dicy Crosby did. As a kindergartner, Dicy penned a poem titled "My Mom's Love" for an annual poetry contest put on by a company called Creative Communication, teacher Shelly Russum said.
S.Africans pay tribute to language via record poem Reuters via Yahoo! News
A group of white South Africans claims to have composed the longest poem ever written in their native Afrikaans tongue, hoping to trigger a renaissance in the minority language.
CORRECTED:S.Africans pay tribute to language via record poem Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Corrects to change language of longest written poem on record in 13th paragraph to English from Afrikaans.
S.Africans pay tribute to language via record poem Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
A group of white South Africans claim to have composed the longest poem ever written in their native Afrikaans tongue, hoping to trigger a renaissance in the minority language.
Malilong: Good suggestion on the water supply issue Sun Star
By Frank Malilong Jr. REMEMBER “Fable,” the poem written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Robert Frost Poem Discovered Tucked Away in Book NPR
In 1918, Robert Frost inscribed a handwritten poem in the cover of a friend's book. It remained hidden from the world for 88 years, until a graduate student at the University of Virginia recently discovered it. It appears this week in the Virginia Quarterly Review.
The Pearls' ittersweet symphonies The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Dear Friends and Family of Daniel Pearl, I wanted to say, how touched and inspired I am by Daniel Pearl and his family: Judea, Ruth and Maryanne ("Bittersweet Symphonies," Sept. 29). His legacy will live on and be a shining light to the world.
October's poetry workshop Guardian Unlimited
This month's host, Amy Newman, is an award-winning poet, and a professor of English. Try her exercise on ekphrasis.
Friday October 6, 2006 By Jim Eagles The New Zealand Herald
'Once a jolly swagman sat beside a billabong, Under the shade of a coolibah tree And he sang as he sat and waited 'til his billy boiled, Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?'
From Hegel to Hagel; An Interview With Francis Fukuyama Dartmouth Review
“You never really understand how dysfunctional government is until you’ve actually been in it.”

15 poems
Then write quickly and freely, trusting your imagination, hunches, gut feelings. When you finish, read the poem. When you're ready, share the poem with a
Scholastic.com | Writing with Writers: Poetry
Online workshop with the popular children's poet includes tips, writing exercises, revision guidelines, and a place to publish online.
EXPERIMENTS
Write a poem in which you try to transcribe as accurately as you can your thoughts Visual poetry: write poems with strong visual or "concrete" elements
Writing.Com: Poetry Writing, Writing Poetry, Write Poems, Poem
Writing.Com is the online community for creative writing, fiction writing, story writing, poetry writing, writing contests, writing portfolios, writing help
Arthur . Games . Write a Poem | PBS Kids
Fern sitting and writing in her notebook, A poem can be about anything -- pets, family, friends, things you like to do anything at all.


EXPERIMENTS
Write a poem in which you try to transcribe as accurately as you can your thoughts Visual poetry: write poems with strong visual or "concrete" elements
Writing.Com: Poetry Writing, Writing Poetry, Write Poems, Poem
Writing.Com is the online community for creative writing, fiction writing, story writing, poetry writing, writing contests, writing portfolios, writing help
Arthur . Games . Write a Poem | PBS Kids
Fern sitting and writing in her notebook, A poem can be about anything -- pets, family, friends, things you like to do anything at all.
Arthur . Games . Write a Poem | PBS Kids
Writing poems can be fun when you juggle all the words and the rhythms together to make them exciting. Poems can be out anything and come in many different
EXPERIMENTS
Alternate: write the poem in sequence, with each person writing the next line Visual poetry: write poems with strong visual or "concrete" elements
Write a story or poem, write poetry poems and publish short
Write a story or poem and submit your work to receive reviews on your talents. Write poems, poetry and publish short stories on our book writing site and
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
In this learning activity students read about the process of creating a poem. Three professional poets give tips for brainstorming, using descriptive words,
ETTC's new and improved Poetry Forms
Holiday Poem I Am I Asked I Can't Write a Poem I Don't Understand I Like Animals Because I Once Knew I Remember I Used To Ice Cream