Poetry for Children

I’m tickled to share news of a new venture in poetry promotion: I’ve created my first podcast! I’ve been wanting to try that for awhile and...

I’m in San Francisco this week—near the ocean—a perfect moment to mention a new poetry book by David L. Harrison called Vacation; We’re Goin...

While I’m featuring funny poetry, I have to mention the next book in Alan Katz ’s series of “silly dilly” song-poems: Going, Going, Gone!: A...

The Texas Rangers were supposed to lose their first game yesterday—but surprise—they WON! Two home runs and a great game all around! Time to...

Last year, Marjorie Maddox gave us A Crossing of Zebras: Animal Packs in Poetry (Boyds Mills/Wordsong, 2008), a fun collection of poems abo...

I’m a lazy fan of baseball, I’ll admit. I love going to games, enjoying the slow pace, soaking up the ambience, cheering with the crowd, enj...

One of my favorite family memories is our crazy, spur-of-the-moment trip to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the Summer Olympics in 1996. We had b...

On April 27, 1947, "Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium was held to honor the ailing baseball star. “Babe was given the greatest ovat...