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*she grew up in British Columbia, Canada
*she enjoys singing
*her childhood favorite book of poetry is A Child’s Garden of Verses
*she has taught school in England and Canada
*she invented the “Intravista” poem form
[Based on: Poetry People; A Practical Guide to Children’s Poets]
Look
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*Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press 2000)
*Leap Into Poetry: More ABCs of Poetry (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press 2001)
*Sea Stars: Saltwater Poems (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press 2006)
*The Monarch’s Progress: Poems with Wings (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press 2008)
*African Acrostics; A Word in Edgeways (Candlewick, 2009)
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Next up: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Posting (not poem) by Sylvia M. Vardell © 2010. All rights reserved.
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4 comments:
Oh. My. Goodness! Her new form is amazing!
Agreed- her line breaks and spacing give the poem just the right feel/movement. Love it.
Brilliant, Avis! Bravo!
Wow!
That's my intravista - with the sub poem being "ow!" because that's what my brain screams when I contemplate trying to do what Avis did. That's fabulous!
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