Poems for Father's Day and LGBTQA+ Pride Month

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June 2024

Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth and honor the work of Black poets by bringing their poetry into the classroom. Browse lesson plans featuring poems by Black poets, and find more poems for Juneteenth.
 
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. For the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of kid-friendly poems written by LGBTQ+ poets. Browse more poems and resources for Pride Month, and browse lesson plans.

Father’s Day

A man crosses the street in rain,
stepping gently, looking two times north and south,
because his son is asleep on his shoulder.

—Naomi Shihab Nye, “Shoulders

Celebrate Father’s Day on June 16 with a collection of poems for kids, featuring poets such as Tina ChangRobert HaydenLi-Young Lee, and others.

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Caribbean American Heritage Month

To celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month in June—and the rich tradition of Caribbean American poetry all year long—browse poems by both classic and contemporary poets appropriate for young people.

Summer: Poems for Kids
Poems for Graduation

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The Symbolic Life” by Hayan Charara
[I wandered lonely as a Cloud]” by William Wordsworth
Ongoing” by Jenny Xie
The Moving Truck Poem” by Andru Defeye

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WHAT: Teaching Contemporary Poetry: Professional Development Intensive for High School English Teachers

WHEN: August 6, 7 & 8 from 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Zoom

WHO: All three sessions will be facilitated by scholar and educator Erika Luckert. Each day will feature a reading and discussion with a different award-winning poet: Willie Perdomo (Aug 6), Yesenia Montilla (Aug 7), and Laura Da’ (Aug 8).

WHY: Join a national community of educators seeking valuable tools for opening doors to poetry in the classroom. Learn directly from celebrated poets as you develop fresh lesson plans for the coming school year, utilizing resources from the Academy of American Poets’ extensive digital archive.
 
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Teachers, thank you for your work in bringing poetry into the classroom year-round. We’re happy to be able to offer hundreds of free lesson plans, essays, and other resources, and we wish you and your students health and safety.
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