There are collections that take readers for adventures on the high seas. There are poetry collections that explore history and the men and women who’ve shaped it. There are limericks, yes, but also odes, sonnets, tanka, and more. There are poems that create space in a child’s heart for the release of tears, as well as laughter-and both are healing. There are children’s poems that challenge, inspire, disturb. There’s a depth and breadth to children’s poetry that rarely gets its due, poetry specifically written for children that scales the heights of heaven, plumbs the depth of death, and graces all the notes in between. No, I’m alluding to diversity as to type, topic, form. The constant slant towards humorous verse leads me to cry out for diversity.īig buzz-word, that! To be clear, I’m not talking about racial or cultural diversity in children’s poetry. One might not know that, though, judging from the narrow pool of children’s poetry books that are most often highlighted and recommended. That said, I also know there’s more to life than laughter, and there’s more to children’s poetry than light verse. He made us, didn’t he? Yes, laughter is to be appreciated, enjoyed. God himself has a phenomenal sense of humor. Laughter is cleansing, healing, and necessary. I even make a point of giving others cause to chuckle, even if it’s sometimes at my own expense.
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