This Thursday, April 30, is Poem in Your Pocket Day, part of the celebration of National Poetry Month. The idea is that you carry a poem with you to share with people you meet that day. Their website has a downloadable pocket-sized poems that you can print to share or poems categorized by topic that you can choose from.
In the last issue of Ampersand, Cathy Miranker wrote about Poem in Your Pocket day. We included a cardboard library pocket with the issue along with instructions for a simple single sheet book. Cathy proposed that people make a book, using a favorite poem as content, and bring it to the annual PCBA Printers’ and Book Arts Fair on Sat May 9th, for our own local celebration of poetry month. I’m excited to see what people come up with.
I recently taught 80 2nd graders to make this particular book structure, and the kids used it for haiku. As PCBA members-in-training(!), they’ll be showing their books at the upcoming Printers’ and Book Arts Fair. I hope everyone can take a look. Here’s one of their poems:
I chronicle my books-arts adventures with children on my blog, Bookmaking With Kids. Click here to read my first post about making this particular book structure. Details about how the kids’ books turned out will be posted May 6th.