Cameron said that if kids “see themselves in space, they’ll be like, ‘I want to achieve that.’” His poem imagines what it would be like to be the first Black kid in space. Eva Anthony, 10 ...

There's special as in special needs, then there's special because of some amazing talent or quality, which really translates into "Better than your kid." I don't believe that "Every kid is special ...

and "Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking," if you’re so inclined.) Then, read those poems to a kid in your life. Share the joys of wordsmithing in verse. You’ll enjoy it. The kid will enjoy it.

Deciding to confess your love isn't easy. There's fear, uncertainty, or maybe a bit of embarrassment. But if you've made up your mind to tell that special someone how you feel, do it through a poem.

Here’s an actual poem some kids and I wrote in Richmond, Va., recently. We started with a picture of a T. rex (drawn by a kid named Margot, because I also teach kids how to draw dinosaurs), and ...