by Brett Vogelsinger Alex Dimitrov's poem "Love" is pages long in The Best American Poetry 2021 anthology, but every stanza...

by Jessica Sherburn Patrick Kindig’s poem "Gum Patrick ” is a humorous and relatable exploration of how even the smallest details -- in...

by Drew Sterner As I typically do with poetry, we look at it twice. I will often have students read it first to themselves and jot down thei...

by Nawal Qarooni Sometimes when we read poetry, we leave with simply a feeling. The words feel less about meaning and more about emotion; th...

by Sarah Gross “Scratch” by Jody Gladding is a great mentor poem for students of all ages and teachers can use the poem either in the clas...

by Allison Marchetti Two years ago, I suggested the poem “The Return” by Jonathan Greene, for helping our students think about the groundin...

 by Rebekah O'Dell During "Pandemic School" -- a term my colleague coined to encapsulate the general chaos and turmoil we are ...

 by Carol Jago Contrafactual hypotheses have always fascinated me. In this poem Eve Ewing imagines that Emmett Till wasn’t murdered in Missi...

by Brett Vogelsinger If you keep a writer's notebook with classes of young people, then you have heard the words "I have nothing ...

by Tricia Evans For forty years, my spring break pilgrimage has been the same. But just like many other timeworn traditions, my spring brea...

by Allison Marchetti Rituals in Difficult Times As a mother of two littles, I have been doing my best to keep our days at home as predic...

by Rebekah O'Dell If we English teachers could get together and dub a Reigning King of Poetry, I submit it would be Clint Smith . Smith,...

by Brett Vogelsinger When it comes to concrete poetry, students are often impressed with its combination of simplicity and cleverness.  An...

by Allison Marchetti One of the greatest lessons we can give our young writers is to pay attention. Nature walks, writer’s notebooks, guid...

by Chris Kehan  Where are you from? What makes you who you are? George Ella Lyon’s poem " Where I’m From " helps us get to t...

by Kevin English One of my favorite poems to write with students is the pantoum. The basic structure is as follows: ABCD, BEDF, EGFH, ACH...

by Brett Vogelsinger Welcome back teachers, poets, writers, and students to our first post of the 2019 National Poetry Month season!  Subs...

by Oona Marie Abrams Poem imitations are gateway writing experiences, in which student poets borrow the bones of a poem’s structure, but...