Poem-a-Day - Poetry for Back to School

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August 2024

dear poet

“Stay close to the earth, Pepper. It listens to a poet’s heart so well,” Nikky Finney (page 89).

The Dear Poet 2024 booklet is here! We received 2,483 letters from students in thirty-six states, eight countries, and 172 schools.

We are grateful to all the educators who use the program and for each and every student letter we receive. 

Read, download, and share the 2024 Dear Poet Booklet. Stay tuned for Dear Poet 2025, coming late this fall.

teach this poem

Teach This Poem returns in September. Teach This Poem is a newsletter series featuring weekly poems, interdisciplinary primary sources, and activities designed to help teachers quickly and easily bring poetry into the classroom.

Sign up and get a new lesson plan every Monday. Browse more than three hundred past lessons, and check out the five most popular lessons from the 2023–24 school year: 

Without” by Joy Harjo
Students of Movement” by Kealoha
Let There Be” by Manny Loley
The Wild Swans” by Li Qingzhao, translated from the Chinese by James Whitall
Gratitude List” by Naomi Shihab Nye

Teach This Poem Volume I: The Natural World

Published through Routledge’s Eye on Education series and collected together for the first time in print, these Teach This Poem lessons offer accessible entry points to teaching poetry in the classroom, inviting readers to reflect on the natural world through prescient and urgent poems.  

Aligned with current standards and pedagogy, the lessons in this book will inspire educators and their students alike. 

Get your copy today! Use the discount code AAP20 by September 19 for 20% off. 

poems to read and share

As the summer ends and a new school year begins, share the following poems for back-to-school, and browse more kid-friendly poems

Give Yourself Some Flowers” by Marcus Amaker
The Creative Drive” by Catherine Barnett
We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Ghazal of Oranges” by Jan-Henry Gray
& After the Power Came Back” by Brenda Hillman 
The World Book” by Patricia Hooper
The Testing-Tree” by Stanley Kunitz
Nonsense Alphabet” by Edward Lear
The Sentence” by Nathan McClain
Students” by Fabio Pusterla, translated from the Italian by Will Schutt
Writing Prompt” by Michael Torres

Summer: Poems for Kids
School: Poems for Kids

related resources

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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2024 Summer Books

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Before summer ends, check out these new poetry titles from some of our partners, sponsors, and advertisers. View this email in your browser 2024 Summer Books Need something new to read for the Sealey

"How to Witness a Miracle Without Converting" by Ajanaé Dawkins

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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"Incurable" by Dorothy Parker

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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"Peter Quince at the Clavier" by Wallace Stevens

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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"My Hole. My Whole." by Sam Sax

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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