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Wyman's Wonders are wondering along with Amy. "Wonder" is our poem of the week, to kick off National Poetry Month. We've been wondering together as a shared reading experience and then responding individually to the poem. -- Christie Wyman, Kindergarten Teacher in Massachusetts

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Over at The "Rudd"er blog, Amy Rudd is exploring Wallow in Wonder with daily poems from Wonderopolis wonders.  Visit any post from April 1 - 30, 2016 to find them!

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Fertilizer, Appetizer?

Farmers plan to plant their seeds
But long before they do
They add nutrition to the soil
Mixing and tilling through

The things plants need to grow
Mixed well in advance
Helping seeds get what they need
Giving them their best chance

There are some basic nutrients
Plants need to survive and thrive
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Keeping plants alive

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
Added to the mix
The fertilizing process,
The out-of-balance fix

Farmers use the combination
An organic and synthetic sow
Blending both so over time
Plants have a healthy place to grow

Farmers get help from animals
Use their manure as fertilizer
It seems so weird to think about
It's the future plants' appetizer!

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The Poem Farm - Home of #WallowInWonder 2016

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The Poem Farm - Home of #WallowInWonder 2016

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Here's where you can read about how Wallow in Wonder got started and follow along with daily poems and links.

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I am so glad that you have joined me in this warm gathering of poetry friends, and I hope you will continue to join us in our poem-festivities all month long. If you wish to learn more about all poetry happenings in the Kidlitosphere throughout the month, please visit Jama's Alphabet Soup. There you will learn about many poetry challenges and other goodnesses you can enjoy each day of April.

And now, before the links, my own poetry project for April 2016...

Welcome to Wallow in Wonder! For my 2016 National Poetry Month project, I will celebrate learning and writing from learning, writing poems from each daily Wonder at Wonderopolis. As I did with my Dictionary Hike in 2012, I am looking to surprise myself with new inspiration daily. This year, such inspiration will show up in my inbox each morning. I will print it and carry each Wonderopolis Wonder around all day...and in the afternoon or evening, I will write and post the poem for the next day.

I invite anyone who wishes to take this challenge too. Just read today's wonder over at Wonderopolis, and write a poem inspired by it for tomorrow. Share it tomorrow at your own site, and if you wish to link in my comments (or share your poem there), please feel free to do so tomorrow, the day after the Wonder is published at Wonderopolis.

Students - I often write about things "I was before." Whether I really have been these things before or not, I feel that I have been. Writing poems allows me to revisit parts of myself that I have not visited for a long time, or maybe even ever.

Today's poem, as will be true for all poems this month, was inspired by yesterday's post at Wonderopolis. I am challenging myself to learn about different subjects and to see what poetry-journeys I will take with these topics. Writing is an adventure...always!

You may have noticed that this poem has a very regular meter. What do you notice about the syllables in each line? What do you notice about the rhyme? This is actually a special type of poem called an English - or Shakespearean - sonnet. While this month's poems will not always be so form-focused, I do enjoy tapping out syllables on my cheek or desk.

You can read another coral poem if you visit Wonder Lead Ambassador, literacy advocate, teacher, and writer Paul Hankins at his Wonder Ground blog where he, too, is writing daily poems from Wonderopolis wonders.

Much gratitude to my friend Robyn Hood Black who is hosting me at Life on the Deckle Edge today with an interview about EVERY DAY BIRDS, my new Orchard/Scholastic book illustrated by Dylan Metrano. It is such fun to be at her place and to see Robyn's kitty reading all about birds.

It has been fabulous to host teacher and writer Stacey Dallas Johnson at my other blog, Sharing Our Notebooks this month. If you have not yet read her post, please do so by Sunday...and leave a comment to be entered into the book giveaway too!

If you have a Poetry Friday post to share to begin this magical month, please do so below. I look forward to visiting all of these blog posts and finding new poems to love.

Happy Happy Poetry Month...and Happy Poetry Every Moment. I look forward to wondering with anyone who wishes for the next twenty-nine days!

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Poetry Friday is Here! Wallow in Wonder with Me!

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I am so glad that you have joined me in this warm gathering of poetry friends, and I hope you will continue to join us in our poem-festivities all month long. If you wish to learn more about all poetry happenings in the Kidlitosphere throughout the month, please visit Jama's Alphabet Soup.

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Wonder Ground Blog of Teacher Writer Paul Hankins

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Wonder Ground Blog of Teacher Writer Paul Hankins

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Find Paul's daily poems, writing process stories, and resources...inspired by April 2016 Wonderopolis posts...here.

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Paul W. Hankins: Wonder Poetry 1:30 | Wonder Ground

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This month, Amy Ludwig VanDerwarer (Forest Has a Song, Every Day Birds) will be drafting poems inspired by the previous day's "wonder."I'll be keeping my drafts in here:Yesterday's "wonder," #1659, wa...

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Daily inspiration for 2016 Wallow in Wonder Poems at The Poem Farm, Paul Hankins's Wonder Ground blog, and other sites on the web and classrooms here and there.

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What is a multiple?

How do multiples get used in everyday life?

How can you determine a number's multiples?

Find it out

Who was Mary Anning?

What did Mary Anning discover?

What is Jurassic Coast?

Find it out

Have you ever tasted an Arab taco?

When was the Arab taco invented?

What is shawarma?

Find it out

How are currency exchange rates determined?

What was the gold standard?

Which type of currency exchange rate system does the U.S. use?

Find it out
Which of the following is usually NOT a factor in determining currency exchange rates?

Test your knowledge

How can I use Wonderopolis?

What are the parts of a Wonder?

How do writers make a Wonder?

Find it out

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Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease | Wonderopolis

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Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease

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Connecting Wallow in Wonder poems to Wonderopolis with a QR code

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Connecting Wallow in Wonder poems to Wonderopolis with a QR code

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Great idea from teacher Kathleen Sokolowski (found on Twitter!)