Once upon a midnight purple, oceans churned with maple surple. Pancake ships with waffled decks held berried treasures from Uzbek- A-Something-East on Daddy’s map. “Butter me timbers!” yelled Flap Jack, “For thar she blows! The great white fluff! A thousand whippings made her tough! In all my days upon this ship, Ne’er man or beast […]

If you think poetry is boring or out of reach, you’ve never heard Aaron Belz. I recently met Aaron at a conference near Charlotte. When he took his stand at the podium, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I enjoy reading poetry from time to time, but a 45-minute reading (right before lunch)? I […]

Dog the Bear and Bear the Dog by S.D. Smith, illustrated by Aedan Peterson There once was a dog whose full name was “Bear,” And a bear whose full name was “Dog,” On one side of the forest, a log fell on Bear, On the other, Dog fell on a log. It might have been […]

Here is a zany –and thank you very much, I will say zany— poem by poet and poetry writer, Rebecca Reynolds. Enjoy the silliness! Also, here’s a fun thing, parents/adult humans: Invite your children to draw an illustration from the poem and post it to our Facebook page and your child may win a prize. […]