Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of nowhere. Employ the interjection Oh at some point in the poem. Remember it ...

Karonhienhawe Nicholas had never tried her hand at creative writing before last year, but now that her first piece is ...

He aims to encourage the use of emotion in children's creative writing by exploring how to incorporate emotional, personal events into your poems. Talk to the children about different feelings.

Joseph Coelho is urging mums and dads to not only read poetry to their kids, but get them writing it too. “I would absolutely encourage parents to try and read poetry to children at bedtime ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." ...

Sarah Lowe had one of her daughter's poems printed on the back of the bookmark that was distributed at the girl's funeral ...

Draw on the ways in which Joseph Coelho makes up nonsense words in the video and use this as inspiration to write your own nonsense poetry. Give time for the children to explore and experiment ...