Probably the first poetry song I've ever posted here, courtesy of They Might Be Giants.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Thoughts, opinions, and ramblings about (broadly) children's literature from my perspectives as a writer, parent, and volunteer elementary school librarian. Plus I post Fibs, Oddaptations and poetry galore, all listed on the right and left hand sides of the blog.
30 Poets/30 Days - April 2013
Featuring previously unpublished poetry by...
Jon Agee
Stephen W. Cahill
Thalia Chaltas
Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Jill Corcoran
Dave Crawley
Doug Cushman
Kelly Ramsdell Fineman
Nancy Bo Flood
John Foster
Mary Lee Hahn
Steven Herrick
Emily Jiang
Irene Latham
Renée LaTulippe
Debbie Levy
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
G. Neri
Lesléa Newman
Naomi Shihab Nye
Andrew Fusek Peters
Heidi Bee Roemer
Robert Schechter
Laurel Snyder
Sonya Sones
Maria Testa
Robert Paul Weston
Jenny Whitehead
Tamera Will Wissinger
Joyce Lee Wong
Stephen W. Cahill
Thalia Chaltas
Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Jill Corcoran
Dave Crawley
Doug Cushman
Kelly Ramsdell Fineman
Nancy Bo Flood
John Foster
Mary Lee Hahn
Steven Herrick
Emily Jiang
Irene Latham
Renée LaTulippe
Debbie Levy
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
G. Neri
Lesléa Newman
Naomi Shihab Nye
Andrew Fusek Peters
Heidi Bee Roemer
Robert Schechter
Laurel Snyder
Sonya Sones
Maria Testa
Robert Paul Weston
Jenny Whitehead
Tamera Will Wissinger
Joyce Lee Wong
30 Poets/30 Days - April 2012
Featuring previously unpublished poetry by...
Alma Flor Ada
Susan Taylor Brown
Liz Brownlee
Leslie Bulion
Kate Coombs
Bruce Coville
Kalli Dakos
Ed DeCaria
Margarita Engle
Robert L. Forbes
Helen Frost
Sara Holbrook
Ellen Hopkins
Ron Koertge
Thanhha Lai
JonArno Lawson
Kimberly Marcus
Lorraine Marwood
Marilyn Nelson
Eric Ode
Mary Quattlebaum
Bob Raczka
Michael J. Rosen
Michael Salinger
Hope Anita Smith
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Lee Wardlaw
Robert Weinstock
Steven Withrow
Allan Wolf
Susan Taylor Brown
Liz Brownlee
Leslie Bulion
Kate Coombs
Bruce Coville
Kalli Dakos
Ed DeCaria
Margarita Engle
Robert L. Forbes
Helen Frost
Sara Holbrook
Ellen Hopkins
Ron Koertge
Thanhha Lai
JonArno Lawson
Kimberly Marcus
Lorraine Marwood
Marilyn Nelson
Eric Ode
Mary Quattlebaum
Bob Raczka
Michael J. Rosen
Michael Salinger
Hope Anita Smith
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Lee Wardlaw
Robert Weinstock
Steven Withrow
Allan Wolf
30 Poets/30 Days - April 2011
Featuring previously unpublished poetry by...
Arnold Adoff
Jaime Adoff
Francisco X. Alarcón
Kathi Appelt
Jorge Argueta
Brod Bagert
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Calef Brown
Joseph Bruchac
James Carter
Kurt Cyrus
Graham Denton
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Ralph Fletcher
Douglas Florian
Kristine O'Connell George
Charles Ghigna
Joan Bransfield Graham
Nikki Grimes
Avis Harley
David L. Harrison
Alan Katz
Bobbi Katz
Julie Larios
J. Patrick Lewis
George Ella Lyon
Elaine Magliaro
Heidi Mordhorst
Kenn Nesbitt
Linda Sue Park
Ann Whitford Paul
Greg Pincus
Laura Purdie Salas
Liz Garton Scanlon
Joyce Sidman
Marilyn Singer
Susan Marie Swanson
Charles Waters
April Halprin Wayland
Carole Boston Weatherford
Janet Wong
Jane Yolen
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Jaime Adoff
Francisco X. Alarcón
Kathi Appelt
Jorge Argueta
Brod Bagert
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Calef Brown
Joseph Bruchac
James Carter
Kurt Cyrus
Graham Denton
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Ralph Fletcher
Douglas Florian
Kristine O'Connell George
Charles Ghigna
Joan Bransfield Graham
Nikki Grimes
Avis Harley
David L. Harrison
Alan Katz
Bobbi Katz
Julie Larios
J. Patrick Lewis
George Ella Lyon
Elaine Magliaro
Heidi Mordhorst
Kenn Nesbitt
Linda Sue Park
Ann Whitford Paul
Greg Pincus
Laura Purdie Salas
Liz Garton Scanlon
Joyce Sidman
Marilyn Singer
Susan Marie Swanson
Charles Waters
April Halprin Wayland
Carole Boston Weatherford
Janet Wong
Jane Yolen
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
30 Poets/30 Days - April, 2010
Featuring previously unpublished poetry by...
Francisco X. Alarcón
Kathi Appelt
Jorge Argueta
Brod Bagert
Carmen Bernier-Grand
Calef Brown
Joseph Bruchac
James Carter
Kurt Cyrus
Graham Denton
Ralph Fletcher
David L. Harrison
Georgia Heard
Alan Katz
Bobbi Katz
Arthur A. Levine
George Ella Lyon
Elaine Magliaro
Heidi Mordhorst
Walter Dean Myers
Laura Purdie Salas
Liz Garton Scanlon
Alice Schertle
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Eileen Spinelli
Susan Marie Swanson
Charles Waters
Carole Boston Weatherford
Jacqueline Woodson
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Kathi Appelt
Jorge Argueta
Brod Bagert
Carmen Bernier-Grand
Calef Brown
Joseph Bruchac
James Carter
Kurt Cyrus
Graham Denton
Ralph Fletcher
David L. Harrison
Georgia Heard
Alan Katz
Bobbi Katz
Arthur A. Levine
George Ella Lyon
Elaine Magliaro
Heidi Mordhorst
Walter Dean Myers
Laura Purdie Salas
Liz Garton Scanlon
Alice Schertle
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Eileen Spinelli
Susan Marie Swanson
Charles Waters
Carole Boston Weatherford
Jacqueline Woodson
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
30 Poets/30 Days - April/2009
Featuring previously unpublished poetry by...
Arnold Adoff
Jaime Adoff
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Douglas Florian
Betsy Franco
Kristine O’Connell George
Charles Ghigna
Nikki Giovanni
Joan Bransfield Graham
Nikki Grimes
Avis Harley
Mary Ann Hoberman
Lee Bennett Hopkins
X. J. Kennedy
Bruce Lansky
Julie Larios
J. Patrick Lewis
Pat Mora
Kenn Nesbitt
Linda Sue Park
Ann Whitford Paul
Gregory K. Pincus
Jack Prelutsky
Adam Rex
Jon Scieszka
Joyce Sidman
Marilyn Singer
April Halprin Wayland
Janet Wong
Jane Yolen
Jaime Adoff
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Douglas Florian
Betsy Franco
Kristine O’Connell George
Charles Ghigna
Nikki Giovanni
Joan Bransfield Graham
Nikki Grimes
Avis Harley
Mary Ann Hoberman
Lee Bennett Hopkins
X. J. Kennedy
Bruce Lansky
Julie Larios
J. Patrick Lewis
Pat Mora
Kenn Nesbitt
Linda Sue Park
Ann Whitford Paul
Gregory K. Pincus
Jack Prelutsky
Adam Rex
Jon Scieszka
Joyce Sidman
Marilyn Singer
April Halprin Wayland
Janet Wong
Jane Yolen
About Me
- Greg Pincus
- I'm a screenwriter, volunteer librarian, dad, and SCBWI member with a love of poetry and picture books. I'm currently working on a middle grade novel for Arthur A. Levine Books as well as writing Fibs, other poetry, and, over at The Happy Accident, all about social media, too.
My New Novel!
Available wherever books are sold!
My Debut Novel!
Still available wherever books are sold!
My E-book!
(Cover by Bonnie Adamson)
To buy The Late Bird...
Subscribe to the whole darn blog!
Subscribe to my poetry!
Get every one of my original poems emailed to you the day it's posted.
The Oddaptations
- Goodnight Moon
- The Giving Tree
- The Polar Express
- Love You Forever
- The Rainbow Fish
- The Lorax
- Hop on Pop
- Curious George
- Where the Wild Things Are
- The Sneetches
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Carrot Seed
- Guess How Much I Love You
- Four Seuss Books in One
- The Cat in the Hat
- Horton Hears a Who
- Where's Waldo
The Poems
- A Few of the Blog's Most Popular Poems
- Melancholy Valentines
- Spinach
- Thoughts During the Downpour
- Too Much Too Soon
- The Day After Thanksgiving
- This is Not a Poem
- Unfair
- "Tag, You're It," He Said Poetically
- Book Report on the Thesaurus
- The End of a Perfect Day in the Snow
- Foods That Scare
- I Wrote the End
- Reasons Why I Don't Write
- Uncle Goose
- Doctor's Visit
- The Looney Looney Tunes News
- Rhyme and Reason
- The Biking Blues
- Mixed Up
- A Poem a Day
- The Yolk's On Me
- Hat Head
- Nighttime Questions
- The Late Bird
- Today is Not Tomorrow
- Garage Sale
- Air Guitar
- Fib Time
- My Brother is Totally Edible
- Hold My Breath
- Pets
- Earth Day Birthday Party
- Greet the Day
- Are You Twine?
- The Crayola Caper
- The Bird's Word
- I Threw a Baseball
- A Strange, Strange Mirror
- Belly Button Blues
- Word Nerd
- Happy Mother's Day
- A Baseball Fib
- Tuxedowacky
- A Beach Fib
- GOAL! -- a soccer poem
- A Pluto Poem
- The First Day of School
- Broccoli and Cauliflower
- Halloween
- Dunk! -- a basketball poem
- Thankful -- a Thanksgiving poem
- Getting Ready -- a hockey poem
- Let's Go Play -- a football poem
- I Crawled Out of Bed Today
- Who Reads Your Manuscript
- Bubble Gum
- Prunes -- a food poem
- A Cuckoo Story -- a clock poem
- April Fools
- A Little Bit Dizzy
- What in the World Got Into the Cat
- Day/Night Questions
- Home Run -- a baseball poem
- A Single Wish
- Poem Poem
- I Really Don't Like Do's and Don'ts
- Dad Has a Bad Cup of Coffee... -- a coffee poem
- Last Tuesday... -- a school poem
- The Fowl Ball -- a party poem
- A Bird's Perspective -- a point of view poem
- Diary of a Bad Week -- a school poem
- My Neighbor -- a smiley face poem
- Always Read the Invitation
- Things I Would Not Eat or Drink
- The Perfect Pillow
- Excuse Me While I Paint the Sky
- -Er Questions
- I've Turned Magnetic -- a science poem
- Lice!
- There's Something in the Trash Can
- I Lost My Voice
- The Fraction Store -- a math poem
- My Friend Eileen
- My Balloon
- How I Save Money -- a money poem
- Book Report on the Dictionary
- Chocolate Mousse!
- Tired
- Hello, Summer! -- a last day of school poem
- A Poetry Friday Fib
- Ode to Air Travel
- A Golf Fib
- The Christmas Fib
- Mom's Meatloaf
- Leap Day Baby
- Books from Where? -- a library poem
- My Dad's a Hippopotamus
- Allergic to Homework
- Bubble Wrap
- Cat
- I'm Not a Superstitious Guy
- S'mores -- a camping poem
- My New Trampoline
- If a Freight Train Carries Freight...
- A Boy's First Crush
- The Answer is a Waffle
- Read the Ending First
- Tennis Doubles Trouble
- My Brother Plays Accordion
- A Doubleheader Sweep -- a concrete poem
- My Friend Michelle
- My Toe
- There's a Closet in My Nightmare
- Testing My Nerves
- I Do Not Like My Haircut
- You Can't Keep the News from the Gnus
- The Poet Talks Back
- Sounds Like the End of a Friendship -- an onomatopoeia poem
- A Laundry Tip
- The Talking Cake Blues -- an excuse poem
- Constant Companions
- 1000 Word Essay
- Losing to My Lunch
- My Dog is Quite the Dancer
- I Don't Like Words -- a homophone poem
- My Superhero Band-Aid
- A Gift for Dad
- I Want to Build a Snowman -- a summer and snowman poem
- 24 Hours in 20 Syllables -- a Las Vegas poem
- I'm Pretty Well Connected
- Vote for Me!
- Why I Love the Holidays in my Family
- Resolutions
- My Febluaries
- The Best Concert Ever
- Doughnuts! Oh, Doughnuts!
- The Lament of Thursday the 12th
- A Halloween Zeno
- This Morning I E-mailed My Manuscript Out
- Getting Ready - a "firsts" poem
- The End of a Perfect Day in the Snow
Blog Archive
Blogs!
- Bartography
- Brooklyn Arden
- The Disco Mermaids
- Cynsations
- Read Roger
- A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy
- Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Big A little a
- Chicken Spaghetti
- Farm School
- A Fuse #8 Production
- Greg R. Fishbone
- Miss Snark
- bookshelves of doom
- Pop Goes the Library
- Lisa Yee's Blog
- Mother Reader
- Devas T. Rants and Raves
- Buried in the Slush Pile
- Adventures in Pond Scum
- Book Moot
- Book Buds Kidlit Reviews
- Jo Whittemore's blog
- It's My Life, and I'll Blog if I Want to
- It's a Spin Thing
- Alice's CWIM blog
- Blue Rose Girls
- Bloomabilities
- rhcrayon: The Blog!
- A Year of Reading
- The Longstockings
- Oz and Ends
- bildungsroman
- Propernoun.net
- Seven Impossible Things
- Nerdfighters
- Wild Rose Reader
- Florian Cafe
4 comments:
!! I never thought we would get a song about villanelles. Thanks, Greg :-)!
In a TOTALLY HILARIOUS coincidence, the villanelle is the form that the Poetry 7 are working on this month, and posting for Poetry Friday tomorrow... and let me tell you, there have been moments as we worked on our drafts that we have needed this song!!!
Hoo boy this hits the nail on the head!
Ha! Wonderful! I actually love READING them, but have yet to have any success in writing one.
Post a Comment