by Brett Vogelsinger Gabriel Fried's poem, "Twilight Field" establishes a delightfully creepy mood with simple langauge and ...

by Brett Vogelsinger Safia Elhillo's beautiful poem "first adornment" captures a moment that is personally meaningful but a...

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

by Brett Vogelsinger Welcome back to our third year of Go Poems .  Look for new posts here starting March 15, 2019. For now, explore our...

Thanks for following along with Go Poems this year.  Enjoy using the 30 new ideas (and 30 ideas from 2017) in your classroom, and look for n...

by Kate Baker Jehanne Dubrow’s “Penelope Considers a New Do,” published in her compilation Stateside, is one of my favorite poems to read w...

“Propaganda informed him that it was only a matter of time before a plague of Jewish tailors showed up and stole his customers” (Zusak...

by Will Melvin Quite often when I “teach” poetry, students want to drive down to the root question: what does it mean? I sometimes str...