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...
Jabberwalking
Herrera, Juan Felipe
Paper Book
Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Mexican-American Poet Laureate in the USA, 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...
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty
Heppermann, Christine.
Paper Book
"Simply phenomenal. Heppermann's honest voice grabs the reader with urgency. This collection is a champion for teens and adults who see our world as an advertisement for perfection that doesn't exist. Readers will want to read these poems aloud over and over again."--A. S. King,...
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, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age,...
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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