Friday, March 5, 2021

25 Vintage Posts To Stir Your Imagination

by Brett Vogelsinger

It is hard to believe we are already on the fifth year of Go Poems, and we are only a few days away from the debut of thirty new posts. For now, there are 120 posts to explore, and while rabbit holes can be fun now and then, a catalogue of organized links can provide a helpful map to begin your exploration. 

So here are twenty-five vintage posts, sorted by theme, that will help your students find joy in poetry during April 2021. 


Photo by Habib Dadkhah on Unsplash

Posts Featuring Nature or Science

1. Star Dust by Rama Janamanchi, 2020

2. Scientific Facts and Philosophical Ponderings by Cayne Letizia, 2020

3. Rituals in Difficult Times by Allison Marchetti, 2020

4. Toi Derricotte's "Cherry Blossoms" by Brett Vogelsinger, 2020

5. Reading and Writing Outdoors by Sarah Gross, 2019


Posts About Identity

1. You Say, I Say by Chris Kehan, 2020

2. Something You Should Know by Rebekah O'Dell, 2020

3. Say My Name by Brett Vogelsinger, 2020

4. Trapped by Nathan Harris, 2020

5.  The Mask by Trevor Aleo, 2019


Posts About Language

1. Beautiful Words and A Call to Write by Molly Rickert, 2020

2. The Poetry of Prose by Travis Crowder, 2019

3. A New Lens for the Sonnet by Carol Jago, 2019

4. Save Favorite Words by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, 2018

5. Flash Images: Creating Movement Without Verbs by Jeff Anderson, 2017


Posts Featuring Video of Poets

1. Words of Comfort by Brett Vogelsinger, 2020

2. A Harlem Renaissance Classic by Donte Demonbruen, 2020

3. In This Together by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell, 2020

4. Paraphrasing an Argument and Paraphrasing a Rebuttal by Brett Vogelsinger, 2017

5.  A Poem in Two Languages by Brett Vogelsinger, 2017 (featuring my all-time favorite poem!)


Posts Featuring Art, Drawing, and Music

1. Engaging With Ekphrastic Poetry Andy Shoenborn, 2020

2. Poem or Song? by Jason Hepler, 2019

3. The Power of Poetry by Travis Crowder, 2018

4.  Taking Poetry to the Court by Tracy Enos, 2017

5. Song Lyrics Mash-Up by Penny Kittle, 2017


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