Today’s episode is a Poetry Teatime: You drink tea, people pick poems to read aloud, you listen and enjoy them while you're eating a delicious snack. 

Of course, since this is Brave Writer, we take time between the poems to talk about our love for poetry and how we use it to teach children about language: similes, imagery, space, expression, connection, and more.

So join us in Julie’s family tradition, which started way back when her kids brought their stuffed animals to the table and believed store-bought cookies were a special treat. Enjoy!

Resources:

• Find our favorite poetry selections on our Poetry Teatime website: https://poetryteatime.com/
• For a list of books mentioned on Brave Writer Podcast episodes, check out our Bookshop: https://bravewriter.com/book-shop/list/podcast-recommendations
• Find out more about Kortney Garrison’s poetry chapbook, Elemental, at Bottlecap Press.
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