Northern Network of WWA SCBWI

Northern Network of WWA SCBWI

The time is fleeting
Until our October meeting.

So come learn with me
All about poetry!

Okay, you’re right. That was TERRIBLE poetry. (No wonder publishers hate books written in rhyme.)
But do they really? Because there really are a lot of rhyming picture books, aren’t there?

To rhyme, or not to rhyme. THAT is the question.  We will examine what constitutes a successful (and UNsuccessful) rhyme. And if you have no desire to wax poetic, how can studying poetry strengthen your prose?

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: The Bellingham Barnes & Noble (4099 Meridian Street)

Questions? Call Rebecca Van Slyke at (360) 354-5797, or email her at rebecca_vanslyke@hotmail.com. [That’s rebecca(underscore)vanslyke(at)hotmail(dot)com.]

Poetry! Free! For kids, too!

Local poet Michael Dylan Welch is presenting a series of talks about famous poets for free at the Redmond Library. While the series is not kidlit specific, two of the poets discussed are Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. It’s a good opportunity to learn more about the poets’ backgrounds and how their experiences influenced their works. 

WHERE: Redmond Library 
WHEN:  See dates below! ALL PROGRAMS AT 6:30pm!

BIG shout-out to Julie P!

GREAT NEWS for Julie Paschkis, who won the Cybil Award for poetry!

Julie Paschkis has won the prestigious Cybil award in Poetry for her bi-lingual picture book, Flutter and Hum. Beautifully illustrated poems in English and Spanish celebrate words and all they can mean in our world. 

 

Cybil Award Winner! Julie with her prized picture book.

 

 

From the judges:
“The author has combined so many elements for each poem and illustration that I kept finding something new each time I looked at it.” Also: “The poems are challenging and provocative”. . . “this book MATTERS, poetically and culturally.”

Congratulations, Julie! 

Put Flutter and Hum on your must-read list! And be sure to check out all the Cybil Award winners.

Monday night delight

On this Monday, November 10, Seattle's Poetry on Buses: Writing Home program kicks off a year of poetry with music, poetry, the poetry buses — and maybe you? — at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. Celebrate the 365 poets whose poetry will be "going round and round" on busses. Several are SCBWI WWA members. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30. Hope to see you there!

Get on the bus!

What do you hear when you hear the word "home?" Submissions are open now through June 30 for Poetry on Buses with the theme of Writing Home. This 4Culture program celebrates poetry by displaying poems on Metro transit buses as well as online and at an event this fall.

If you live in King County, consider submitting a poem of 50 words or less in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, or Russian.

Need help? Planning poet Roberto Ascalon will give a free workshop on Tuesday, June 17, (yes, tomorrow) at 6:30 p.m. in Seattle. You could also attend the Russian community workshop on June 18 and/or the Latino community workshop and Fandango on June 21.

A limerick for the ages

Peg Kehret sent this along, and it seemed like a fine way to celebrate National Poetry Month.

A new class of antidepressants
Is targeted at adolescents.
They lose track of time,
Of meter, of rhyme,
I mean, it's like really sad.

30 Poets in 30 Days

A pox upon us for being late with this.

Greg Pincus is hosting the 2010 edition of 30 Poets in 30 Days, a celebration that coincides with National Poetry Month. He's assembled a terrific lineup of poets, and you can get daily deliveries in your inbox. What a treat!


Click here for more.

(Thanks to Julie R. for the reminder.)

Hugo House offers writing class for teachers

This time around it's Organic Poetry with Paul Nelson, a free class for teachers to be held March 17 from 5-7 p.m.

Here's the description:

Is the universe a machine based on competition, or an organism based on process, interdependence and relationship? Organic Poetry, a stance toward poem making dubbed by Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov, allows the moment of composition to be an occasion of experience, an experiment in consciousness. This entertaining workshop includes discussion of poets Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure and others, sound from these poets and writing exercises designed to help you allow the act of writing to be an exhilarating revelation of content.

As always, please rsvp to writingclassforteachers@gmail.com

Good news for Ann Teplick

She writes:

"I am a 2010 CityArtist recipient, having received funds from the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for a collection of poems entitled The Beauty of a Beet, Poems from the Bedside. These poems explore the struggle and beauty at the bedside of loved ones who are dying, and incorporate Japanese death poetry and the death stories of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Zen masters into some of the text. I will be reading at three Seattle venues in late 2010."

Julie Larios on Poetry Friday

Julie Larios's blog (which you can find on the left, along with craft-related blogs by our chapter colleagues), has this fabulous poem. It's just right for Friday the 13th.

Happy howling, everyone. And be sure to check out her whole post.

Late Night Thoughts

Why not

howl at the moon?

Soon it will be sun-up --

who knows what happens after that?

This might be it, your one wolf-throated chance.

You know, the sun never rises

at night -- what kind of friend

is that? Howl now!

Why not.?