Starting Monday, a huge celebration of children's books has been happening. The Youth Media Awards were announced at the Midwinter ALA for the 2015 publishing year. Many wonderful books came out last year, including poetry novels-in-verse, poetry by one person, and anthologies. I own so many marvelous poetry books for children and teens, from a long time ago to now. Yet, I don't remember a time in all of my teaching that there has been such a wealth of poetry and beautiful words available for teachers to share with students. Many of you are part of that wealth, and should be proud that you are bringing beautiful poetry to children of all ages.
There are also numerous poems celebrating poetry, and one I'm sharing today is by Dylan Thomas. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Notes On the Art of Poetry ~ Dylan Thomas
I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on
in the world between the covers of books,
such sandstorms and ice blasts of words,,,
such staggering peace, such enormous laughter,
in the world between the covers of books,
such sandstorms and ice blasts of words,,,
such staggering peace, such enormous laughter,
The rest is here.
And you can listen to it on YouTube, while watching a short video created for it.