Children
Homeschoolers are turning a million kids on to poetry–through fun, not homework. Here's how you can do it too.
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By Matthea Harvey
Don’t underestimate what your students can understand how they will face the mysteries of poetry.
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By Kevin Canfield
Pop star Natalie Merchant takes on poetry in her ambitious double album.
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poemBy Gwendolyn BrooksThey eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.Dinner is a casual affair.Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,Tin flatware.Two who are Mostly Good.Two who have lived their day,But keep on putting on their clothesAnd putting things away.And remembering ...Remembering,...
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poemBy Maya AngelouA free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings...
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Browse essays, monthly book picks, and other content by the Young People’s Poet Laureate.
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VideoFrom Poem Videos
Using simple, illuminative paper-cut puppetry, this enchanting video imagines the moment of witness that inspired Gwendolyn Brooks to write her landmark poem,...
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VideoFrom Poem VideosCreated in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film features Bruce Lansky’s playful poem-riddle about a familiar friend.
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VideoFrom Poem Videos
Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film features Eloise Greenfield’s playful poem about the virtues of patience, perseverance, and preparedness when trying to make the big catch. Suitable for...
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VideoFrom Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show
Animated poem read by the poet
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VideoFrom A Child's Garden of Poetry
Poem by Claude McKay. Read by Ziggy Marley.
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