Poetry is a different type of language that some people do not understand.  I am one of those who can.  When I read this poetry it gave me a joyous feeling inside.  I enjoyed laughing when reading poems from Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.  This particular set of peoms is told as a story in sections.  The poems are random and stirring.  When reading through this book I was presently surprised that the poems in the beginning were carried on through the book.  Each part of the poems has ways of connecting.

I was soon introduced to a different mood after reading through Brown Angels by Walter Dean Myers.  There is one part of these poems that gives a light to what the poems were about while I read them.  That one special part is the pictures.  Looking at each and every picture is a sweet and meaningful peak into each brown child’s’ life.  While reading I enjoyed the author’s language choice and the incorrect grammar used to give an emphasis on the past.

The third book of poems is one I know I will use in my classroom.  It will be a useful tool to read to my students when we have spare time while waiting to go to pullouts or lunch as well as for instructional use.  All the small poems and fourteen more by Valerie Worth.   My favorite part of this book is the sporadic topics used throughout for each poem.  On one page it’s all about dinosaurs and on the next page there is a poem about a bubble.

Each of these poem books are all wonderful but very different.  I look forward to using them in my classroom!