by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 22, 2021 | Poetry
It’s publication day for a very special poetry anthology for young children. THINGS WE DO is an alphabetic book of playful poems bursting with children in action– from Ask to Zoom! Each spread in this book features a vivid photo of a child doing something...
by Mary E. Cronin | Sep 15, 2021 | LGBTQ+, Poetry
Today is the publication day for RHYME & RHYTHM: POEMS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES! This anthology of poems is about all aspects of sports… from the joy, the sweat, and precision… to the emotional, family, and social aspects. I’m proud to have a poem in this...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jul 26, 2021 | FDNY, Poetry
As writers, we get used to leaning into headwinds, persevering through all of the rejections and maybes and the waiting. Then when something wonderful happens, it’s a shock to the system! Yesterday, my poem about growing up in the Bronx appeared in the New York Times....
by Mary E. Cronin | Jul 12, 2021 | Cape Cod, Poetry
When you get to combine teaching with a topic you’re passionate about– that’s the sweet spot! I just finished teaching one of my favorite courses at the community college, “Poetry in the Early Childhood Classroom.” In this class, we dove deep into poetry: how to...
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 23, 2021 | Poetry
This beautiful book of poems by Nikki Grimes is a revelation and inspiration. First, it allows us to discover the poems of lesser-known black women poets of the Harlem Renaissance–poets like Jessie Redmon Fauset, Gwendolyn Bennett, Effie Lee Newsome, and...
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 16, 2021 | Poetry
Every poem is a blow against silence. ~ Carlos Fuentes *** “This is for the unforgettable… the ones who survived America by any means necessary. And the ones who didn’t.” Kwame Alexander’s book THE UNDEFEATED is an ode to the African American experience, a...