Similarly inspired, Charlotte Pomerantz observes "The brightening/ of lightning/ is sudden, swift,/ and strong," in the title poem in Thunderboom! Poems for Everyone (Front Street, $17.95; ages 9-12).

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Poem of the Day: ‘Winter-Time’ Robert Louis Stevenson was the bridge between two worlds: the comic nonsense and sentimental poetry of the mid-Victorians, and the sardonic and clever children’s verse ...

Ryan Bliss started writing poems for his son a decade ago. Now he's publishing his quirky, funny, silly and sweet works at Mooseclumps.com.

John Kenney says his poetry — a term he uses loosely — is poetry in the same sense that "Arby's is farm-to-table dining." His new collection is called Love Poems (for People with Children).

Illustrator Claudia McGehee and writer Nancy White Carlstrom collaborated on the children's book "Counting Winter," with Alaska winter themes helping introduce readers to numbers.