Comments on: What Poems Do Your Kids Like? http://www.mombian.com/2008/04/15/what-poems-do-your-kids-like/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: S http://www.mombian.com/2008/04/15/what-poems-do-your-kids-like/comment-page-1/#comment-76030 S Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:44:18 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/04/15/what-poems-do-your-kids-like/#comment-76030 Some of our favorites for the post-Goose-and-Seuss age are anything by Shel Silverstein, and "Bone Poems" by Jeff Moss. http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Poems-Jeffrey-Moss/dp/076110884X The latter is great for any dinosaur-obsessed child. My son and I went on a camping trip when he was 5, and I taught him to memorize "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost on our trek to and from the (very distant) outhouse each day. He missed all the dark undertones, but could certainly appreciate the "miles to go before I sleep"! Some of our favorites for the post-Goose-and-Seuss age are anything by Shel Silverstein, and “Bone Poems” by Jeff Moss. http://www.amazon.com/Bone-Poems-Jeffrey-Moss/dp/076110884X The latter is great for any dinosaur-obsessed child.

My son and I went on a camping trip when he was 5, and I taught him to memorize “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost on our trek to and from the (very distant) outhouse each day. He missed all the dark undertones, but could certainly appreciate the “miles to go before I sleep”!

]]> By: Robin Reagler http://www.mombian.com/2008/04/15/what-poems-do-your-kids-like/comment-page-1/#comment-76029 Robin Reagler Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:05 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/04/15/what-poems-do-your-kids-like/#comment-76029 Dana, Thanks for another great post. Marcia and I were just talking last night about how even though we're both writers, we don't read or talk about poetry very much with our kids. Part of the problem is that the poetry in children's books is (to our tastes, at least) rather poor. We all like On the Day You Were Born. I've been reading some of the WITS Poem a Day poems to Pearl. I'm not sure what she thinks of them. She often takes her time in adjusting to something new. I'm going to continue this discussion on The Other Mother next week, after Passover, but before Poetry Month comes to a close. Dana, Thanks for another great post. Marcia and I were just talking last night about how even though we’re both writers, we don’t read or talk about poetry very much with our kids. Part of the problem is that the poetry in children’s books is (to our tastes, at least) rather poor. We all like On the Day You Were Born. I’ve been reading some of the WITS Poem a Day poems to Pearl. I’m not sure what she thinks of them. She often takes her time in adjusting to something new. I’m going to continue this discussion on The Other Mother next week, after Passover, but before Poetry Month comes to a close.

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