l. “Joy Soup” by William Palmer
2. “The Year I Lived Across the Street from a 24-hour Dunkin’ Donuts” by Edwin Romond
3. THERE WAS AN OLD GATOR WHO SWALLOWED A MOTH by B.J. Lee and David Opie (Q&A with B.J.)
4. THE HOME BUILDERS by Varsha Bajaj and Simona Mulazzani
5. HANNAH’S TALL ORDER: An A to Z Sandwich, by Linda Vander Heyden and Kayla Harren
6. “The Land of Blue” by Laura Mucha
7. “A Brave and Startling Truth” by Maya Angelou
8. Two Poems from Barbara Crooker’s Book of Kells
9. THE NIGHT THE FOREST CAME TO TOWN by Charles Ghigna and Annie Wilkinson
10. PANCAKES TO PARATHAS: Breakfast Around the World by Alice B. McGinty and Tomoko Suzuki
11. Interview with Barbara Crooker (Book of Kells)
12. “The Dining Car of the Southern Crescent” by John Campbell
13. Easter poems by Jack Prelutsky, Bobbi Katz, Clarence Day, and Carol Ann Duffy
14. “Love at First Sight” from A Suitcase of Seaweed by Janet Wong
15. “May Night” by Sara Teasdale and “From the Book of Time” by Mary Oliver + Poetry Friday Roundup
16. “The Grammar of Silk” by Cathy Song
17. Brother, Sister, Me and You (guest post by Mary Quattlebaum)
18. “The Perfect Day” by Alice N. Persons
19. “Sifter,” “The Traveling Onion,” and “Arabic Coffee” by Naomi Shihab Nye
20. “My Valhalla” by Robert Phillips
21. “How to Be Perfect” by Ron Padgett
23. Three Poems from Mothershell by Andrea Potos
24. WILD IN THE STREETS: 20 Poems of City Animals by Marilyn Singer and Gordy Wright
25. FINDING TREASURE: A Collection of Collections by Michelle Schaub and Carmen Saldaña
26. PICK A PUMPKIN by Patricia Toht and Jarvis
27. “At Night the Characters on My Classroom Shelves Come Out to Party” by Edwin Romond
28. Three poems from Dear Poet: Notes to a Young Writer by Charles Ghigna + Poetry Friday Roundup
29. MR. PUMPKIN’S TEA PARTY by Erin Barker
30. HOW TO READ A BOOK by Kwame Alexander and Melissa Sweet
31. CARAVAN TO THE NORTH: Misael’s Long Walk by Jorge Argueta
32. “November Eyes”/How to Love a Country by Richard Blanco
33. “América” by Richard Blanco
34. “Poem for Ross Gay” by Jeff Friedman
36. “Anniversary Ode” and “In the Garret” by Louisa May Alcott-
* A link to this archive can be found in the sidebar of this blog.
Jama's Alphabet Soup 
Thanks, Jama for all these poetry suggestions! Why poetry Friday on Monday?
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Hi Joanne! I’m just publishing this archive of last year’s PF posts in advance of my “official” return to blogging this Friday! 🙂 Hope your 2020 has been good so far.
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