Welcome to episode 2!
In this series, Lee Bennett Hopkins takes us through a chronology of American poets for children from 1920 to 1999. Each episode focuses on the poets of a single decade, and the posts include a few sample poems, photos, and a growing timeline of poets.
We hope you’ll enjoy this journey through time with us!
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For an in-depth look at this poet, see also the Spotlight on NCTE Poets: Aileen Fisher.
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Oh, Renee and Lee! What a way to start my day. Tea and thee, Carl and Sara and all the rest. Thinking if it’s better to gulp or savor or both. I love this. And how timely, “There Will Be Stars”. Comforting me now to think of them shining eternally for, Mary Oliver, herself the stuff of stars. Brilliant work you too. Like stars.
*you two
(too early on the phone without glasses, there is always a typo even when I try so hard!!)
Renee & Lee…. thank you SO MUCH for this informing and delightful series. I learned a great deal, loved the poetry, and look forward to the next one. Thanks again.
Thanks again to both of you for putting these videos together…quite the educational experience!
This is awesome–thank you, both of you!
I think you two should have your own PBS or NPR show! <3
What Teresa said – because it would be an awesome show.
Thanks Renée and Lee–for this stroll through the 1930s–love all the tidbits you both embellish it with too!
This was wonderful, thank you both so much for your poetry walk.
Beautifiul, and still timeless and relavent today
Blessings to you both
What a treasure of a post and a wonderful way to begin my day. I learned so much and enjoyed every moment! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for another installment in your amazing series together! I, too, vote for a documentary on PBS!
Thank you so much Lee and Renee. I absolutely love Aileen Fisher’s poetry. It’s hard to believe Laura Richards’ Eletelephony as written so long ago.
Lee and Renee, Thank you so much. The 1930s is hands-down the most fascinating decade to me. I just can’t get enough of it. And, I so appreciate this look at poets at the time. I think information from this vodcast is going to find it’s way into my current wip. I just HAS to!
And, I never formally studied poetry. So, I feel like I’m at a wonderful banquet…feasting on the words and history and extra information such as illustrators and context of the times. Thank you both, so much.
I’ve long loved “Eletelephony” but didn’t know anything about the author. Thanks for this peek into history, Lee and Renee — what a rich era of poetry for children.
Wow! What a wealth of poetry history. Thank you both!
Thank you Renee and Lee. I have been a fan of many of the poems you shared. It’s wonderful to learn more about the poets!
This is such a terrific resource–thank you Lee and Renee!
Yay for another installment. Love me some Langston Hughes! Thank you, Renee and Lee!