Poems for Native American Heritage Month & More

Poems for Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month. Celebrate with the following poems, and browse more Native American Heritage Month poems for kids:

“Wicaŋhpi Heciya Taŋhaŋ Uŋhipi” by Gwen Westerman
“Let There Be” by Manny Loley
“Red Language” by Heid E. Erdrich
“A Song of a Navajo Weaver” by Bertrand N. O. Walker
“Morning on Shinnecock” by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks
“Can You Feel the Native American in Me” by M. L. Smoker

Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by award-winning poets. Dear Poet 2023 will feature poets Richard Blanco, Mahogany L. Browne, Marilyn Chin, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Danez Smith.

The submission period for Dear Poet 2023 will open on January 9, 2023, and close on March 3, 2023. In April, a PDF booklet of select student and poet letters will be published on Poets.org. More information will be provided in next month’s newsletter.

• Adapting Teach This Poem to an Online or Hybrid Classroom
   
• The Poetry Coalition
   
• Best Practices for Virtual Events and Readings