Poetry Jam: Jammin' at School

I was invited to read poetry at school today, even though poetry month ended yesterday.  The class was amazing--attentive and engaged through 25 whole minutes of verse!  Choosing from the Random House Book of Poetry for Children and The 20th-Century Children's Poetry Treasury, I started with rain poems because it's raining here today (we've already gotten more than an inch, which is a lot for us), then did some spring poems and one about the wind.  And back to rain.  I did a few about school, particularly recess, and ended with several from Jack Prelutsky's Awful Ogre Running Wild.  I gave out Dr. Seuss bookmarks for everyone and topped the whole thing with lunch with Mama and the kids in the cafeteria.