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hevron astrapublishing wordsong coming oct 20 2026 i ve just learned it will also be released in audio which doesn t happen often for poetry books hooray pre order here when i pitched this book way back in 2018 i said it s like a richard scarry word book but poems so poems for the littles about everyday things that you find in a home spoon door lamp etc and also a tour of all kinds of homes cabin lighthouse yurt and more 66 poems in a 48 page book the lovelies rebecca davis and millie von platen have helped make the book the best it can be charles waters nikki grimes irene latham what then is a wordspinner well i m glad you asked it s a name i ve given a kind of poem many of us were already writing a poem about a word remember that nikki grimes wordplay exercise years ago at today s little ditty wordspinners grew out of it and i m super grateful nikki gave me her blessing to develop it into a bona fide poetry form and when amy hevron agreed to illustrate the collection well i knew it was going to be something special and it is here s amy responding to four simple prompts as is tradition here at live your poem thanks to a poetry book fresh delicious poems from the farmer s market illus by mique moriuchi astrapublishing wordsong now available in paperback without further ado please welcome amy hevron amy hevron ah thank you irene for inviting me to do a guest post on your blog to celebrate come in come in i loved illustrating this cozy book and can t wait to share it with the world fresh ah i loved this manuscript when i received it and i was drawn to this new kind of wordspinners poetry you had created my mind instantly thought of visuals for all the little poems about different types of homes and rooms it reminded me of the dollhouse i had as a child i still have a few of the tiny furniture pieces from the dollhouse like this amazing miniature ladderback chair and this little wooden piano both were inspirations for the chair and piano poems in the book difficult ah this is the first time i ve illustrated a collection of poems so figuring out the pagination was a challenge here s my early messy thumbnail sketches for the book initially we tried to fit it all into the standard 32 pages but all those houses and scenes needed more breathing room so we ended up adding several spreads including quite a few to the beginning of the book to help the reader gradually come in to the story so what started as a difficulty lead to the opportunity to illustrate one of my favorite scenes a german cuckoo clock with whirling dervish bunnies to introduce the concept of wordspinners what is a wordspinner a poetry form inspired by a nikki grimes wordplay exercise it seeks to define a word by spinning together the sound of the word and the function of the word the only rule is that the first line of the poem must end with word length varies rhyming optional wordspinner i a dizzy giddy word a let s go fishing for a fresh definition word a word that aims to rearrange the furniture in your brain note there is a wordspinner ii poem on the back cover of the book delicious ah my first thought for delicious goes to the shelter spread that features lots of yummy food and beyond that i loved letting my imagination run wild on this book illustrating critters in clothing living in all these little scenes was a delight i also had fun hiding additional houses in the scenes like the cuckoo clock and also my dollhouse that makes an appearance in the last spread here are 3 poems from the shelter spread mug a snug in your hands word it holds just a hint of vanilla it s for sipping away your worries on a swirly wintry day milk a gulping word it makes a mustache and builds up bones it never forgets to say mmmmm jam a sweet glob word it s for licking and dipping it s sticky and drippy and loves fingers best of all anything else ah i m always such a fan of seeing people s creative process so i thought i d share mine from those first messy thumbnail sketches i worked up tighter ones like this chipmunk scene in a treehouse then i moved onto painting the final art for this book i painted with acrylic on oak plywood panels one of my typical mediums here s a picture of the stack of finished oak panels for come in come in after the initial painting i scanned in the panels and finalized the illustrations in photoshop there i color corrected the scenes and added finishing touches il thank you amy friends i have bought one of amy s oak panels from the book to be displayed in my home gallery i can t wait today s artspeak women features another new to me artist from the harper s bazaar list paige bradley is a sculptor like no other i kind of fell in love with her work lots of powerful women certainly a celebration of the female form wrought with such grace and beauty do check her out when i found apex the wings i knew i had to write about it i didn t read her statement about the piece until after i wrote my poem and i was like wow i got from the piece what the artist intended cool thanks so much for reading papa promised someday i would find my wings and today as i leapt plied pirouetted across the stage feathers sprouted spread and now i am halfway flying halfway waiting for the other wing to emerge halfway believing one wing is enough irene latham posted by irene latham at 5 30 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 8 2026 coyote sees the world clearly poem hello and happy poetry friday be sure to visit poet collage artist kind person cathy stenquist for roundup did you hear that derby 152 gave us the first woman trainer to win the kentucky derby yep cherie devaux made history when golden tempo won last saturday so exciting esp for the ten year old in me who dreamed of training a horse that my sister would ride to victory in the kentucky derby denise irene donna melissa not pictured shannon also this week i got to hang out with my garden girls learn dream about all the green growing things we ve planted or will plant in our own gardens so what if it was raining it was still inspiring all about beauty sustenance and friendship with each other the earth coming next week interview with amy hevron illustrator of come in come in wordspinners to welcome you hom e the book includes 66 wordspinner poems written by me about homes and things found inside homes like spoon room and dog coming from astra wordsong oct 20 2026 today s artspeak women poem features the next artist from the harper s bazaar article i am loving learning about all these amazing women artists and wow what a force jaune quick to see smith was she died last year a member of the confederated salish and kootenai nation smith also created book illustrations often for poetry books like the telling of the world by joy harjo click to l earn more about s mith and her trickster pieces thanks so much for reading coyote sees the world clearly without looking snow seasoned stream tastes of mountains far away long ago pillow of his paws padding the pinestraw path reveals rain or no rain hare hiding behind twining honeysuckle vine o how its sweetness sets his nostrils quivering moon howling fat golden reminds him he s not alone never has been irene latham posted by irene latham at 5 30 am 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 1 2026 marie antoinette poem hello and happy poetry friday be sure to visit patricia at reverie for roundup thanks to all who came out for the 8 ways to wake up your poetry webinar at inked voices what fun thanks also to paine elementary and trussville public library for a lovely time yesterday it s an honor to share about poetry and nonets today s artspeak women features a piece from judy chicago s 1973 legendary women series this one is titled marie antoinette learn more about judy chicago s work here also i did a bit of research on marie and found a lot of good information here i started out trying to write a short golden shovel using let them eat cake but since that s probably myth that she even said those words it seemed the wrong approach i decided to dip into her childhood instead and also added a pertinent detail from her execution found here thanks so much for reading when you are the fifteenth child of an empress mother doesn t always applaud when you dance often you are forgotten left alone independence is made bearable if you have a sister you adore nothing can fill the holes inside you not silk secrets or cake all s fair in hate and terror still do you want to be right or do you want peace you stamp on his foot as you mount the guillotine posted by irene latham at 5 30 am 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday april 23 2026 an emily dickinson poetry friday roundup hello and welcome to poetry friday roundup is here please leave your links below you are invited to the inlinkz link party click here to enter irene latham lee alexander in conversation about some starry night it s been a week celebrating a book launch and helping my mom through surgery i added a line to the progressive poem and was a guest over at the stuck bumblebee challenge my sister arrives today so more beauty and chaos to come isn t that life my new book some starry night explores what might have happened if emily dickinson and vincent van gogh met in 1886 paris it s a re imagining as emily never actually went to paris or met vincent in actuality she died may 15 1886 two dear ones lori ditoro paige miller surprised me at the launch but in the land of fiction one can make impossible dreams happen i used informed imagination based on deep research to extend emily s life by two years the novel largely follows vincent s in real life events though there are some variations you can t add emily dickinson to someone s life and not create at least a thousand ripples i so wish emily and vincent could have actually experienced the love magic and mystery they get to experience in the novel one of my favorite parts of writing the novel and certainly one of the most challenging parts was writing poems in emily s voice because of course emily would write poems while in paris you can download for free the complete set of 15 paris poems at my website there s a pop up on the home page things to know about emily dickinson s poetry no titles heavy use of the em dash common topics include nature and big themes like death and time odd capitalization usually nouns emily wanted to personify or emphasize some rhyme lots of clever wordplay the book includes several poems and fragments of poems that the real emily dickinson wrote what fun it was to find the just right poems for my story and it also features several poems i wrote for emily the following poem is just five lines but super important to the story no spoilers iykyk i ve had it made into a wee broadside if you d like one please let me know in the comments listen how the moon bellows clouds ignite unseen fires bodies mortal sweep and swirl a starry night is made for kisses and love immortal from some starry night by irene latham and now this week s artspeak women next up on the harper s bazaar list is faith ringgold as many of you know i love quilts so no surprise i ve written after faith before and this gorgeous piece features vincent van gogh so it s kinda perfect for this moment in my life i decided to keep the poem super short because as awesome as april is i know we re all a bit weary at this point thanks so much for reading vincent at the sunflower quilting bee he offers them fifteen faces in a vase they lift their brown sun freckled cheeks they sing sway blaze for beauty for freedom let us praise irene latham posted by irene latham at 7 00 pm 29 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 21 2026 progressive poem is here welcome to the next line in the 2026 kidlit progressive poem what is the progressive poem i ve taken this wording from linda mitchell who got it from linda baie it began with irene latham who hosted it from 2012 2019 those archives of the poem can be found here margaret simon took over in 2020 and those archives are here here are the rules the poem passes from blog to blog each poet blogger adds a line the poem is for children each blogger copies the previous line exactly as written unless permission from that poet has been given they then add their own line offering an introduction if they wish hooray for tabatha s art with places named by donna and heidi y ay for all the poets who have brought us through this land and to this forested stage it seems time to bring it back around to the speaker of our poem how is she feeling now after listening to the birds what will she do the land of poetry on my first trip to the land of poetry i saw anthologies of every color tall as buildings a world of words wonder on wings waiting just for me birding for words shimmering flecked in golden gilding binoculars ready i toured boulevards and side streets exploring vibrant verses verses so honest and tender feathery lyrics bright flitting avian athletes soaring cross pages in rhythmic splendor in the land of poetry i am the conductor seeking oodles of poems that tug at my heart a musical medley of sound and structure an open mic in frost forest wonder who ll take part there s a pause in the program no one takes the stage the trees quiver the audience looks up raven lands singing earth s message of the sage poetry in motion will be forevermore from forests to sands scatter she croaked beyond wilde pond to each and every beach meek dove mustered courage and sang instill humanity with compassion and peace let thackeray s middle name from this thicket hearts reach her gentle coo ooo ooos reverberate soft as fleece words dart dimple do i dare warble what s in my soul karen take it away i can t wait to see where we land in just a few days time here are the fabulous poets contributing to this year s edition april 1 tabatha yeatts at the opposite of indifference april 2 cathy stenquist at a little bit of this and that april 3 patricia franz at reverie april 4 donna smith at mainely write april 5 janice scully at salt city verse april 6 denise krebs at dare to care april 7 ruth hersey at there is no such thing as a god forsaken town april 8 rose cappelli at imagine the possibilities april 9 margaret simon at reflections on the teche april 10 janet clare fagel at reflections on the teche april 11 diane davis at starting again in poetry april 12 linda baie at teacher dance april 13 linda mitchell at another word edgewise april 14 jone macculloch at jone rush macculloch april 15 joyce uglow at storied ink april 16 carol varsalona at beyond literacy link april 17 robyn hood black at life on the deckle edge april 18 michele kogan at more art for all april 19 kim johnson at common threads april 20 buffy silverman april 21 irene latham at live your poem april 22 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