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Happy National Poetry Month! Each day in April, I will share a different novel in verse.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
Novels in Verse, Day 1: Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
by Nikki Grimes @nikkigrimes9
Libraries were a shining diamond in young Nikki& #39;s life, so diamond shaped diamante poems suit this book perfectly.
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by Nikki Grimes @nikkigrimes9
Libraries were a shining diamond in young Nikki& #39;s life, so diamond shaped diamante poems suit this book perfectly.
https://poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-a-diamante-poem/">https://poetry4kids.com/lessons/h...
#NationalPoetryMonth day 2: Solo by Kwame Alexander
@kwamealexander #NovelsinVerse
Rutherford certainly got on Blade’s nerves often. Writing a clerihew may have been a good way for him to vent!
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@kwamealexander #NovelsinVerse
Rutherford certainly got on Blade’s nerves often. Writing a clerihew may have been a good way for him to vent!
https://powerpoetry.org/actions/5-tips-writing-clerihew">https://powerpoetry.org/actions/5...
#NationalPoetryMonth day 3:
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero by Margarita Engle @margaritapoet #NovelsinVerse
One type of poetry Ruben wrote was redondilla, a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of 4 lines of 8 syllables each, rhyme scheme ABBA.
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero by Margarita Engle @margaritapoet #NovelsinVerse
One type of poetry Ruben wrote was redondilla, a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of 4 lines of 8 syllables each, rhyme scheme ABBA.
