Poetry and the African American Read-In: Nikki Grimes
During the month of February (and beyond!) we shine the spotlight on texts written by African American authors. This month, …
Poetry and the African American Read-In: Kwame Alexander
During the month of February (and beyond!) we shine the spotlight on texts written by African American authors. This month, …
Celebrate Poet Emily Dickinson!
Curious about the 楼凤天堂 and Library of Congress connection? Through a grant announced recently by 楼凤天堂 Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick, …
Build Your Stack: Eight Metaphor-Rich Poetry Recommendations
This blog post is part of聽Build Your Stack,庐聽a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack!
So much of my summer is spent at the ball field or watching baseball games on TV. How about you? …
Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!
It鈥檚 time to find your favorite poem and聽tell everyone why you love it. Thursday April 18th is Poem in Your …
Taking Blackout Poetry to the Next Level
This post was written by 楼凤天堂 member JM Farkas. 聽 About 2,220,000 hits in 0.50 seconds. These are the results …
Experiencing Discovery and Surprise through Poetry
This is an excerpt from Chapter 5,聽Catching Tigers in Red Weather: Imaginative Writing and Student Choice in High School, by …
Celebrating World Poetry Day
As a classroom teacher, at this time of year I always looked forward to April and to teaching poetry during …
Poetry for February
A recent Educator Newsletter from the Academy of American Poets highlighted “12 poems to read for black history month.” They …