Femi Folami-Browne and Nataki Miller, who was the model for the “Kamala’s Jump Rope Rhyme” poster. The artist is Tee Davis, aka Tee Pop.

Well, jump rope rhymes are a good example of rhythm, meter, and beat. What’s more, small sections of poetry are measured in feet, and just watch those feet jump!

Double Dutch: A Celebration of Jump Rope, Rhyme, and Sisterhood Veronica Chambers. Hyperion Books, $18.99 (72pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-0512-9 ...

This fun workout routine includes 10 jump rope exercises everyone should master. ... You’d laugh, sing a few rhymes about how Cinderella was dressed in yellow, ...

By age 6, I’d memorized dozens of tongue twisters and nursery rhymes … I’d inadvertently acquired a portable toolbox for penning my future poems, writes Maurya Simon.