There are no rules to this game, which I call Word of the Month Poetry Challenge. The idea is to examine the word of the month, probe for its secrets, its stories, choose one, and write about it.

you lie awake in dreams conversing with the other angels. ∘ Your waking world will never count you in as just another sheep. Creation is yours for the making. Poems come from everywhere. All we ...

Heidi Roemer. Henry Holt & Company, $17.95 (47pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-6620-3 Poetry in Motion A pair of picture books pays rhyming tribute to shapes and patriotism.

This project encourages diversity in poetry reviewing culture, aimed at new critical voices. Ledbury Poetry Festival runs from 2 - 11 July 2021. Kayo Chingonyi's book is called A Blood Condition.

Simone Haughey, a primary languages teacher at Robin Hood Primary School, in the U.K., shares that, back in 2011, she had her year 4 students send their poems to a local poetry club.