Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong have collaborated on a collection of poetry that simply: YOU. MUST. HAVE. P*TAG is available in download from Kindle for $2.99(http://www.amazon.com/P-TAG-PoetryTagTime-ebook/dp/B005OSJ5PO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317825300&sr=1-1). Vardelll and Wong have brought together some of the finest contemporary poets including Lee Bennett Hopkins, Noami Shihab Nye, Betsy Franco, Paul Janeczko, Sara Holbrook, Margarita Engle, Marilyn Singer, Arnold Adoff, Kathi Appelt, and J. Patrick Lewis (and there are many more). The rules for this poetry tag game were that one poet was tagged, selected a photo (all taken by Vardell) and wrote a poem and a short narrative about the inspiration for the work. Then, a new poet was tagged. This poet had to select a new photo and then include a minimum of three words from the previous poem in the new addition. The results are spectacular. Here is an eBook worthy of classroom use with plenty of teen appeal. Plus, it is perfect for reading aloud as well. <518>
P*Tag sounds like an interesting book to read. I enjoy reading poetry books and I would like to see how the poets incorporate the some of the other poets poem into their own. This would be a fun book to share with my students.
ReplyDeleteNeat poetry tag concept! Should be interesting. Writing poetry can be difficult and then having to write using words from another's poem on top of that... what a challenge.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much into poetry but this sounds like a very good read. I think this book could change my opinion about poetry.
ReplyDeleteNot only does this book seem interesting but fun as well. I'm curious to read these poems.
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ReplyDeleteHow interesting the way the poetry was written. I haven't seen poetry written in that manner. It would expose children to a different style of poetry.