April is National Poetry Month

Poetry and Art seem like perfect cohorts, both inspiring each other in the creation of new ideas and the celebration of old ones. Poems are also great ways to practice writing without worrying about form or grammatical error.

Scholastic has wonderful project ideas, lesson plans and samples of poetry workshops educators can use in the classroom and/or at home. http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/

There are also several blogs and websites filled with great ideas for poetry...

Poetry4Kids.com

        http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/news/twenty-fun-writing-prompts-for-children/

Creative Writing Now

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/poetry-ideas.html

Writeshop.com

http://writeshop.com/poetry-writing-prompts-for-kids/

And there are many more. 

Quotes are also good starters for poems. In the workshop below. I gave participants the rules to making a haiku poem, quotes and book passages to use in their poem collage.