Poem-a-Day - Poems for the new school year

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August 2021
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As the summer ends and a new school year begins, share the following poems for back-to-school, and browse more kid-friendly poems

The Children of Beslan (To My Children)” by Irakli Kakabadze
Sick” by Shel Silverstein
Before I Was a Gazan” by Naomi Shihab Nye 
Moonlily” by Marilyn Nelson 
Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes
& After the Power Came Back” by Brenda Hillman 
First Gestures” by Julia Spicher Kasdorf 
American Syntax” by Ching-In Chen

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Bring poetry into your classroom with the following lesson plans that touch on current events, or find more lessons for introducing poetry:

Poem for the Poorest Country in the Western Hemisphere” by Danielle Legros Georges
To a No. 2 Yellow Pencil on May 1, 2020” by Kimiko Hahn
Red Brocade” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Map” by Linda Hogan
We Lived Happily during the War” by Ilya Kaminsky
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Teach This Poem returns September 6. Produced for K-12 educators, Teach This Poem features one poem a week, accompanied by interdisciplinary primary sources and activities designed to help teachers quickly and easily bring poetry into the classroom.

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This month’s poetic term is ghazal: a form with its roots in seventh-century Arabic poetry that is composed of five to fifteen structurally and thematically autonomous couplets.
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Teachers, thank you for your work 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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