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Articles About Children's Poetry
By Jacqueline Woodson
Poetry takes many forms—including the form YOU give it.
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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 new double album.
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By Michael Atkinson
Whether writing about llamas in pajamas or befuddled fauna, her poems are always about the puzzlement of language.
Children's Poems
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poemBy Margarita EngleOn an island of musicin a city of drumbeatsthe drum dream girldreamedof pounding tall conga drumstapping small bongó drumsand boom boom boomingwith long, loud stickson bit, round, silverymoon-bright timbales.But everyoneon the island of musicin the city of drumbeatsbelieved that only...
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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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Children's Videos
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VideoFrom Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry ShowAnimated 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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