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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms

10 best books like A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (Paul B. Janeczko): Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, Insectlopedia, Please Bury Me in the Library, On the Wing, Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems, Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems, Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
AuthorKate Coombs
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea."

Admission: I have a great weakness for sea poetry. Like Melville's Ishmael,...
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
AuthorLangston Hughes
ISBN1402718454
Sterling proudly announces an exciting and vibrant addition to Poetry for Young People: The first African-American themed book in the series, featuring the poems of the extraordinary Langston Hughes. Edited by the two leading experts on Hughes’s work, and illustrated by the brilliant Benny Andrews,...
Insectlopedia
AuthorDouglas Florian
ISBN0152163352
I am not big on insects but this book was so much fun to read. Many of the poems have rhythm. In The Army Ants poem it sounds like the ants are marching as you read the poem. Other poems are shaped like the insect or what the insect does and have rhythm.In the Inchworm you can almost see the inchworm moving up and...
Please Bury Me in the Library
AuthorJ. Patrick Lewis
ISBN0152163875
There's nothing like curling up with a good book, but you have to be careful. Before you know it, a minute turns into an hour, an hour turns into a day, and a day may turn into . . . eternity.

Inspired by the likes of Edward Lear, X. J. Kennedy, and Lewis Carroll, the author of Arithme-Tickle and Scien-Trickery...
On the Wing
AuthorDavid Elliott
ISBN0763653241
David Elliott’s witty verse takes flight with gorgeous illustrations in an enchanting look at fifteen avian species for birders of all ages.

Take to the sky to explore a glorious array of all things avian, from the tiny, restless hummingbird to the inscrutable horned owl to the majestic...
Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems
AuthorGeorgia Heard
ISBN1596432209
TRY THIS AT HOME. Poems to inspire young readers.

From Eileen Spinelli's many goodbyes to summer at the shore, to Avis Harley's catalog of ways to say hello across the globe, to a close look at the birds and animals outside Valiska Gregory's window in winter…Georgia Heard has collected list...
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow
AuthorJoyce Sidman
I didn't like the poems in this book, but I did like the parts with the information. Maybe it is because the poems feel quite dated (I didn't believe that this book w2as written in 2006). Probably it's just me, and still I really liked this book.

Morning Warming
sun
sunwarm
sunwarm...
Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems
AuthorKristine O'Connell George
ISBN0618152504
Award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George, author of several successful picture books, now turns her attention to the middle school experience. The first year brings an array of challenges: making new friends, moving from class to class, tests and homework, changing for PE, gossip, school...
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems
AuthorJohn Grandits
ISBN0618503617
An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual stuff, like pizza, homework, thank-you notes, and his annoying older sister. In addition, he speculates about...
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
AuthorLinda Sue Park
ISBN0618234837
A sijo, a traditional Korean verse form, has a fixed number of stressed syllables and a humorous or ironic twist at the end. Like haiku, sijo are brief and accessible, and the witty last line winds up each poem with a surprise. The verses in this book illuminate funny, unexpected, amazing aspects of the...
Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart
AuthorMary Ann Hoberman
When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever.
From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series comes this new collection of poems especially suitable for...
If Not for the Cat
AuthorJack Prelutsky
ISBN0060596775
A creature whispers:

If not for the cat,
And the scarcity of cheese,
I could be content.

Who is this creature?
What does it like to eat?
Can you solve the riddle?

Seventeen haiku composed by master poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by renowned artist Ted...
A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home
AuthorMarilyn Singer
ISBN1452101205
Under the desert's cracked and barren skin, spadefoot toads are waiting for rain. In the endless black of the deepest caves, blind fish find their way. Even in the frozen hearts of glaciers, ice worms by the billion flourish. In this fascinating look at fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in...
Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
AuthorJon Agee
ISBN1423103157
Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Of course-everyone has!It can be sometimes frustrating, but it's always funny! For example, you know New York's unique, but did you know that unique New York's also pretty chic? And if you switched your wristwatch...
GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
AuthorBob Raczka
ISBN0547240031
The wind and I play
tug-of-war with my new kite.
The wind is winning.

When you’re a guy, nature is one big playground—no matter what the season. There are puddles to splash in the spring, pine trees to climb in the summer, maple seeds to catch in the fall, and icicles to swordfight...
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