Birds on a Wire by J. Patrick Lewis and Paul B. Janeczko

Birds on a Wire by J. Patrick Lewis and Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Gary Lippincott, Wordsong (Boyds Mills Press Inc.), 2008, ISBN 978-1-59078-383-2
From the book jacket: "This portrait of a day in an American village is told in the ancient poetic form known as renga (meaning 'linked verse'), in which one poet writes a verse and another poet responds to that, then the first poet adds another verse, and so on. Like a line of railroad cars, each verse links somehow with the one preceding it, but not with the others. THIS means that each new stanza takes the story in a completely different direction as each poet comes up with a clever way to connect a new verse."
The writing possibilities are endless! Reminds me of the writing exercise where you give the students a prompt, then have them write for a period of time (just a few minutes) or a few sentences, then pass it to the next student for them to carry on!
By the way, the illustrations in this book are beautiful.
If using this book with older elementary, teachers will probably need to guide students through the process, as this particular poem is rich and complex. The last stanza is rich: "burglar-night steals a jewel tray of stars".
J. Patrick Lewis is quite prolific: see his books at his website.