Today's Little Ditty

Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir “Any healthy man can go without food for two days, but not without poetry.” ...

Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day !            What poem are you carrying in your pocket?  For our final featured ditty of National Poe...

In April 2015, Kwame Alexander challenged us to write one of his favorite forms of poetry— the clerihew . For a form that was invente...

It's nice to see that Kenn Nesbitt's visit in October 2016 is still inspiring poems for our mothers. Thanks to Bridget Magee ...

In November 2014, Bob Raczka challenged us to write haiku from the the point of view of our favorite monsters. Given last Friday...

In February 2015, David Elliott challenged us to write letter poems to a bird, animal, or other object of our choice.  He suggested we ...

In March of 2015, Margarita Engle issued a tanka challenge . Jone Rush MacCulloch combined that challenge with a National Poetry Month...

When I posted David L. Harrison's poem yesterday , I mentioned that no one's brought a poem to the potluck based on his challen...

David L. Harrison was our spotlight author in February 2016 , when we featured his book Now You See Them, Now You Don't : Poems ab...

In July of 2014, Tamera Will Wissinger challenged us to write parody or tribute poems. Here's the fabulous poem B.J. Lee contribute...

In September 2016, Jane Yolen challenged us to write a poem that features reading or writing in the form of a septercet. It's a ...

For obvious reasons, Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong 's challenge to create a poem video was not well-suited for the pages of The B...

THE DITTY OF THE MONTH CLUB Whaaat? No spotlight interview? Nope, not this month. But there's still plenty to celebrate aro...