National Poetry Month for Teens

Updated April 3, 2024
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Carry on : poetry by young immigrants
Rogé
Paper Book
A moving #OwnVoices poetry collection written by young newcomers to Canada Carry Onbegan in a high school in Outremont, Quebec, where author and poet Simon Boulerice conducted creative-writing workshops for young newcomers to Canada. As the students...
Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology
McBride, Amber
Paper Book
"A rich, thoughtful anthology exploring centuries of Black poetry." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "This deep and complex assemblage of Black poetry culminates in a joyful, painful, and emotionally rich experience." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An eclectic mix of Black...
Somebody give this heart a pen
Thakur, Sophia
Paper Book
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page. Be with yourself for a moment. Be yourself for a moment. Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment. From acclaimed performance...
With a star in my hand : Rubén Darío, poetry hero
Engle, Margarita
Paper Book
"Exceptional." --Booklist (starred review) "Heartfelt...Thoughtful and effective." --The Horn Book "Engle's lyrical poetry emotionally conveys the reality of being a greatly gifted, passionate, and deeply ambitious young man in a turbulent time." --BCCB<...
Jabberwalking
Herrera, Juan Felipe
CD
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is sharing secrets: how to turn your wonder at the world around you into weird, wild, incandescent poetry. Can you walk and talk at the same time? How about Jabber Walk? Can you write and draw and walk and journal all at the same...
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty
Heppermann, Christine.
Paper Book
Every little girl goes through her princess phase, whether she wants to be Snow White or Cinderella, Belle or Ariel. But then we grow up. And life is not a fairy tale. Christine Heppermann's collection of fifty poems puts the ideals of fairy tales right beside the life of the...
What I lick before your face : and other haikus by dogs
Coleman, Jamie
Paper Book
"The one book every dog lover should have at their fingertips for an instant smile." --The New Barker The perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere--a heartwarming and hilarious collection of sixty-four haikus and gorgeous color photographs celebrating man's best friend.<...
For every one
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
"A lyrical masterpiece." --School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times...
You don't have to be everything : poems for girls becoming themselves
Whitney, Diana
Paper Book
Poems to Turn to Again and Again - from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More   Created and compiled just for young women, You Don't Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest,...
Crossroads
Minnesota Humanities Center
Paper Book
Voices in the Air Poems for Listeners
Nye, Naomi Shihab.
Paper Book
Voices in the Air is a collection of one hundred original poems written by the award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye in honor of the artists, writers, poets, historical figures, ordinary people, and diverse luminaries from past and present who inspire us. Full of words of...

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