For me, writing a poem is like solving a puzzle. What rhymes and rhythm can I play with today? What words will be the most delicious ones to say out loud? What poetic form will best suit my subject? How can I bring an image alive in a reader’s mind? I love puzzles… and playing with poetry!
You can find my poems in these anthologies (click on a title to learn more about it:)
I also write poems for popular children’s magazines. Some of my magazine poems are reprinted on my blog, which you can read here, here, here, and here. Visit my blog for more poetry.
What Does a River Rock Gather?
Riffles and ripples
Water-smoothed edges,
A ride on the river
A view of green sedges.
An eddy, a burble
An oxbow to slow it,
A sparkle, a shine
A song for a poet.
—Buffy Silverman
Published in Cricket, 3/2019
Poetry begs to be read aloud. Here I am reading my poem “Think of an Atom” from the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science.
Watch two first graders read one of my poems from the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations: