Maybe it’s because their sense of wonder has not been tamped down by too many peeks behind the wizard’s curtain, or maybe it’s because their language has not been clogged up with convention and cliché. Whatever it is, children and teens seem to have a felicity with poetry that adult poets can spend their careers trying to recapture.
Writers in the Schools [2] (WITS), a local nonprofit organization, actively encourages children (K-12) in over 350 area classrooms to develop those skills. Each April, WITS celebrates National Poetry Month by sharing some of the students’ work with the community through its Poem A Day project. We at Harris County Public Library are excited to participate in this year’s event. Starting this Monday, April 2 and running through the month, fans of HCPL’s facebook page [3] will get to read these inspiring poems.
Don’t miss a single one. ‘Like’ us on Facebook [3] now (as an added bonus you’ll get library news, program and new title announcements, as well as fun and interesting links with a bookish bent from the far reaches of the internet).
For more information about WITS programs and the Poem A Day Project, visit http://www.witshouston.org/ [2] or subscribe to their blog at http://witsblog.org/ [4]
- Poem A Day [5]
- Poetry [6]
- WITS [7]
- Writers in the Schools [8]
