NEW RELEASE: Come Write with Me: POETRY Workbook & Journal (For Children) Vol. 1

After the success of my other two POETRY workbooks, Come Write with Me: POETRY Workbook & Journal (For Tweens & Young Teens) Vol. 1 and Come Write with Me: POETRY Workbook & Journal (For Teens & Adults), and in light of so many school districts reverting to distance learning across America, I felt the need to pour my heart into a third workbook that is perfect for children who are between 1st and 4th grade. Welcome to Come Write with Me: POETRY Workbook & Journal (For Children) Vol. 1. I am an author, a teacher, and a parent. All my workbooks are aligned with CCSS in English Language Arts. The poetry lessons in each workbook encompass creative writing strategies, exercises, examples, and even grammatical spotlights to further develop standards-based learning. Not only are my POETRY workbooks loaded with activities that teach creative writing, have fill-in-the-blank tutorials, include several classical poetry formats, and also provide dozens of poetic device driven one-liners for writers to sprinkle into their own writing, as well as lots of inspirational writing prompts, this latest book for children is also packed with colorable illustrations to keep your young ones extra busy. Got a box of crayons and a pencil? It’s time to create. Come write POETRY with me!

~Brooke E. Wayne

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  • Structured Poetry Lessons
  • Creative Writing Exercises
  • Poetry Starters and Prompts
  • Poetic Devices: Definitions & Examples
  • Creative Writing One-liners
  • Journal Pages
  • Interactive Experiences, and more!

PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, CREATIVE STIMULI, HOMESCHOOLING, PROMPT BELL-WORK WARM-UPS, CCSS-ALIGNED LESSONS, DEEP THINKERS, AND BORED KIDS!


CLASSIC POET’S CORNER: Robert Frost

A Lesson in IMAGERY

Whether you’ve stumbled upon this section of my website by accident, or if you zapped one of the QR codes in my latest publication, WELCOME!

IMAGERY can be a writer’s greatest tool in the kit. Packed with five powerhouse senses, this poetic device creates vibrant poetry. Use one or use them all, no matter what, let your readers see, smell, taste, touch, and hear what’s going on with their experience when reading your poems. Robert Frost—lover of all things natural and earthy—liked to tap into the sensory world with his poetry. When I read his work, I’m feeling the icy wind and warming sunshine. I smell the fresh snow, and hear the birds beckon the warmth to set spring free…

I have an entire section devoted to imagery in my workbook and a lengthy list of sensory terms for you to play with—just head back to the workbook and flip a few pages ahead.

Below are some additional sensory phrases for you to plop into the middle of your verses. I’m all about the feels—I write romance, remember? Take a peek…

SIGHT:

Shadows slid across the ground …

Lavender bells swayed in the wind …

Candy apple red lips laughed …

SCENT:

Ripe orange peels and eucalyptus permeated the hole-in-the-wall, used book store …

Warm leather and spice filled her senses as she buried her nose in his neck …

Sweet cherry blossoms shimmied on the branches scattering their perfume through the breeze …

SOUND:

The bed groaned beneath the …

Cackling laughter carried across the pitch black alley …

Her giggling led to snorts and before she knew it …

TASTE:

A ribbon of succulent peach juice trailed down the child’s chin …

Pungent scum blanketed the lifeless pond …

Blackberries and oak burst in her mouth as she swirled the sip of wine around her tongue … (if you’re a teen: tart cherries and pineapple burst in his mouth as he gulped the ice-cold drink)

TOUCH:

Warm grains of sand slid through her fingers …

The velvety blanket enveloped …

Icy wind pressed against …

Go forth, you delicious maker of satisfying poems, and craft a sensuous beauty for me. I can’t wait for you to share your poetry with me!

~Brooke E. Wayne

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