Love Letters to Poetry | Couplets from The Tirukkural
Hello everyone! Happy National Poetry Month! Today, I'm sharing with you a few lines from the Tirukkural, also known as Kural. It is an ancient Tamil language poetic text that is more than 2000 years old. The Kural was composed by Tiruvalluvar. It's consists of 1330 short couplets which are called Kurals.
Love Letters to Poetry | “The Little Mermaid”
In May 2023, Disney will release the live-action version of its 1989 animated movie, The Little Mermaid. When the decision was announced four years ago that Black actress and singer Halle Bailey would play the iconic role of Ariel, many on social media erupted in celebration but others spewed racist comments and claimed “mermaids can’t be Black.”
Love Letters to Poetry | Tameka Fryer Brown on Poetry and Picture Books
We celebrate National Poetry Month with Tameka Fryer Brown who shares her thoughts on poetry and picture books with DiverseVerse member, Valerie Bolling.
Love Letters to Poetry | Poetry of the Senses: From LAND OF THE CRANES
The poem I selected from my verse novel, Land of the Cranes, is a poem that takes place in the moment when the main character, Betita, and her pregnant mother enter a family immigration detention prison also called "la hielera" or "the ice box".
Marrying History and Poetry: An Interview With Marilyn Nelson
Interview With Marilyn Nelson
Poetry Templates: Training Wheels for All Learners
Michelle Schaub offers a classroom writing activity based on Dictionary for a Better World, by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
Meeting Garvey Once More
Padma Venkatraman reviews, recommends and rejoices in Nikki Grimes’s fall releases: Garvey In the Dark and Playtime.
A Seed In the Sun: Planting and Growing the Verse Novel
Aida Salazar reflects on her process and the challenge of writing A SEED IN THE SUN which releases this October
Writing Rhyming Picture Books
Valerie Bolling reflects on the process of writing rhyming picture books
Poetry as Community, Connection, and Celebration in the Classroom
Valerie Bolling suggests activities and approaches to introducing and using poetry in classrooms
GIVING VOICE TO THE VOICELESS:
Leslea Newman reflects on the process of writing October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU’RE NOT LOOKING FOR by Hiranandani
Reem Faruqui reviews and recommends HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU’RE NOT LOOKING FOR by Veera Hiranandani
EVERYWHERE BLUE
Reem Faruqui reviews and recommends EVERYWHERE BLUE by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
