NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 19

Happy Poetry Friday! For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

This is just to say

poetry matters

Today and today

just people and paper, pen, poem

tiny dreams sprouting tall

Wonderful words

falling down the page

A lucky thing

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• This is Just to Say by Joyce Sidman, illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski
• Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem From the Inside Out by Ralph Fletcher 
• Today and Today, haiku by Issa, pictures by G. Brian Karas
• Just People and Other Poems for Young Readers & Paper/Pen/Poem: A Young Writer's Way to Begin, poems by Kathi Appelt, photographs by Kenneth Appelt
• Tiny Dreams Sprounting Tall: Poems About the United States by Laura Purdie Salas
• Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Karen Barbour
• Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems, edited by Georgia Heard
• A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle, paintings by Wendell Minor

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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This week, Poetry Friday is hosted by Heidi Mordhorst at my juicy little universe. I hope you'll take some time to check out all things poetic being shared today.

NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 18

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Subway sparrow

city hawk

honk, honk, goose

bird talk

Chatter, sing, roar, buzz

song of the wild

where I live 

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres
• City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male by Meghan McCarthy
• Honk, Honk, Goose!: Canada Geese Start a Family by April Pulley Sayre, illustrations by Huy Voun Lee
• Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why by Lita Judge
• Chatter, Sing, Roar, Buzz: Poems About the Rain Forest by Laura Purdie Salas
• Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies, illustrations by Petr Horacek 
• Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli, illustrations by Matt Phelan

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 17

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

I’m trying to love math

Marvelous math

  the numbers

   millions, billions, and trillions

    this plus that

Mesmerizing math

  when a line bends, a shape begins

   shapes, shapes, shapes

    seeing symmetry

Mystery math

  How many?

   Why Pi?

    Which one doesn’t belong?

Grasping mysteries

in the moment

learning to love math

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton
• Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Karen Barbour
• The Numbers (Mouse Books) by Monique Felix 
• Millions, Billions, & Trillions: Understanding Big Numbers by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller
• This Plus That: Life's Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrations by Jen Corace
• Mesmerizing Math by Jonathan Litton, illustrations by Thomas Flintham 
• When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene, illustrations by James Kaczman 
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
• Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy
• Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra by David A. Adler, illustrations by Edward Miller 
• How Many? (Talking Math) by Christopher Danielson
• Why Pi? by Johnny Ball
• Which One Doesn't Belong?: A Shapes Book by Christopher Danielson
• Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins
• In the Moment: Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom by Jen Munson
• Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results by Judy Willis

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 16

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

The year comes round

a new school year

Let's go!

The song shoots out of my mouth

O Frabjous day!

Hello school!

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons by Sid Farrar, illustrations by Ilse Plume
• A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices by Sally Derby, illustrations by Mika Song
• Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here by Lizann Flatt, illustrations by Scot Ritchie 
• The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth by Jaime Adoff, illustrations by Martin French
• O Frabjous Day!: Poetry for Holidays and Special Occasions, edited by Myra Cohn Livingston
• Hello School! by Dee Lillegard, illustrations by Don Carter

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 15

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Leaf by leaf
swirl by swirl
down ... down ... down
Wonder fall
Roots and blues
Forest has a song

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems selected by Barbara Rogasky, photographs by Marc Tauss
• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, pictures by Beth Krommes
• Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins
• Wonderfall by Michael Hall
• Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff, paintings by R. Gregory Christie
• Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, illustrations by Robbin Gourley

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 14

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Sky scrape, city scape

come with me

A city is

home to me

New York

Hello, hello!

Here I am 

home, sweet home

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ken Condon 
• Come With Me: Poems For a Journey by Naomi Shihab Nye, images by Dan Yaccarino
• A City Is by Norman Rosten, illustrations by Melanie Hope Greenberg
• Home to Me: Poems Across America, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Stephen Alcorn
• New York (State Shapes) by Erik Bruun, illustrations by Rick Peterson
• Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
• Here I Am by Patti Kim, pictures by Sonia Sánchez
• Home, Sweet Home: What Makes a House a Home? by Moira Butterfield, illustrations by Clair Rossiter

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 13

 For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Looking down
the microscope
Can you see what I see?
A drop of water
strange creatures
least things
ten times better

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• Looking Down by Steve Jenkins
  
• The Microscope by Maxine Kumin, pictures by Arnold Lobel
• Can You See What I See?: On the Road by Walter Wick
• A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
• Strange Creatures: The Story of Walter Rothschild and His Museum by Lita Judge
• Least Things: Poems About Small Natures by Jane Yolen, photographs by Jason Stemple
• Ten Times Better by Richard Michelson, paintings by Leonard Baskin

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find other poems I've written this month at the links below.

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