Constance Levy added to Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library

Hi everyone,

BRYAN SHIPMAN and I recently added the final eight voices to Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library, including CONSTANCE LEVY. If you haven’t checked in to hear what Connie has to say, here’s the link to the recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4NwGFr1cHw With Connie’s permission, I read her column as it appeared in the newspaper series on September 12, 2025. To visit the entire 60-voice library, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wGqp5vbw2K0N7cFcGwN5w

Connie lives in St. Louis, Missouri in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems. She started writing poems in first grade. Her first book of poetry, I’m Going to Pet a Worm Today, was published in 1991, when she was 60 years old. She is a former elementary grade teacher and adjunct college instructor. A veteran of school visits, conferences, lectures, and workshops, Connie was named a Distinguished Alumna in Arts & Sciences by Washington University in St. Louis.

Missouri has many poets but few have become established as children’s poets with a record of traditionally published books, and none are older than Connie and I. Thank you, Connie, for joining me in this venture. Long may we rave.