Earth Day Poetry link from a 9-year-old blogger in Buenos Aires

Byriehlifegrace

Milou, a 9 year old student from Buenos Aires, put up this blog as a place to share poems for e World Poetry Day (March 21st). On the blog “students, kids and poets, writers and artists from all over the world post a contribution for Earth Day.”

Click here to see what they posted to honor World Poetry Day and Earth Day. Send Milou a link that “connects to a relevant poem, text/article, picture/art with environmental content on your web site for Earth Day. Please put a back link on your site to World Poetry Day to get it rolling.” If you don’t have a web site you can post your contribution there.

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