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
Launch and lead promotion at school & library conferences and preview events (virtual and in-person) Featured title in Shake Up Your Shelves, a campaign to promote inclusive texts in curriculum, library collections, and in bookstores  Featured title in Edelweiss...
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<...
Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty
Heppermann, Christine.
Ebook
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 modern...
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...

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