Richard Wilbur

 For January "poetry pie", the boys read a few clerihews by E.C. Bentley and word play poems by Richard Wilbur. Our main focus was on clerihews and opposite poems. Unfortunately, the library system in my county did not own any poetry books by Bentley nor any of Wilbur's opposite poem books. These poems, however, were available online in the public domain. My boys immediately created clerihews about a certain president!! The library did have two poem books (NOT his opposite poems) in a picture book format by Richard Wilbur. The clever wordplay reveals Mr. Wilbur's love of words.

Books used for this poetry pie:

Poetry from A to Z by Paul B. Janeczko ( I own this book.)

Scholastic Guides-How to Write Poetry by Paul B. Janeczko (borrowed from the library)

The Pig in the Spigot by Richard Wilbur illustrations by J. Otto Seibold (borrowed from the library)

The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur illustrated by David Diaz