Poetry Collection
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POETRY Thematic Collection Author Title (Last updated August 2012) Difficulty Content Poetic Form Easy Rhythm, rhyme Adoff, Arnold *All the Colors of the Race Adoff, Jaime Song Shoots Out of My Mouth, The Medium Agard, J. & Nichols, G. *Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets, A @ *Followers of the North Star @ Medium Family Multiculturalism Verbal equivalents of jazz Island life Easy U.S. History *Life Doesn’t Frighten Me *Now Sheba Sings the Song *Voices from the Field @ Way to Start the Day, The Easy Medium Medium Easy *Emily *Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa Casey at the Bat Easy Medium Medium Courage Women Migrants Ceremonies to celebrate the sunrise Dickinson Native American Nature Baseball Easy Biography Bradby, M. River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams *Momma, Where Are You From? Medium Family history Figurative language Burleigh, R. *Hoops Easy Basketball Figurative language Rhythm Carroll, Lewis and Myers, Christopher Carson, J. *Jabberwocky Easy Basketball Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet @ Medium Appalachia Clinton, Catherine (comp.) Clinton, Catherine *I, Too, Sing America@ Medium African-American Poem of Her Own, A Difficult History, Biography Crossley-Holland, Kevin Dawes, Kwame Once Upon a Poem: Favorite Poems that Tell Stories I Saw Your Face Medium Narratives Easy African American heritage through a game Altman, S. & Lechner, S Angelou, Maya Angelou, Maya Atkin, B. S. Baylor, Bryd Bedard, M. Begay, S. Bing, Christopher Bryant, Jen Rhythm Figurative language Rhythm, rhyme Dialect Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Figurative language Rhythm, rhyme Rhythm, rhyme Prose Word/image Storytelling Rhythm, rhyme Storytelling Rhythms Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language, rhythm, rhyme Form Free verse Uses Read aloud Read aloud Read aloud Bilingual Read aloud Supplement Read aloud Readers’ Theater Read aloud Writing Prompt Writing prompt Read aloud Read aloud Writing prompt Supplement Supplement Read aloud Writing prompt Writing prompt Dillon, Leo & Diane *To Everything There Is A Season Easy Engle, Margarita Poet Slave of Cuba, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano Medium Feelings, T. *Soul Looks Back in Wonder@ Medium Bible verse, historic art styles An account of Manzano’s life told from multiple perspectives African American Fleischman, P. Fleischman, P. *Big Talk *Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Easy Medium Everyday activities Insects Fletcher, R. *Twilight Comes Twice Easy Dawn and dusk Fletcher, R. Fletcher, R. Buried Alive Relatively Speaking Medium Medium Teenagers Family relationships Frank, J. Frost, R. *Snow Toward Evening Birches Easy Difficult Seasons American literature Garland, S. *Lotus Seed, The Easy Immigrants Geis, J. *Where the Buffalo Roam Easy American Southwest Endangered species Lyrics Giovanni, N. *Knoxville, Tennessee Easy Family Word/image Giovanni, N. Difficult Medium Medium Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Read aloud Writing prompt Grimes, Nikki Hamanaka, S. Hesse, K. Tai Chi Morning *On the Wings of Peace @ Out of the Dust Medium Medium Difficult *Hand in Hand@ Medium Word/Image Variety of forms Free verse format for prose Rhythm, rhyme Supplement Writing prompt Hopkins, Lee (Ed.) African American U.S. History WW I Relation of poetry to art Visit to China Peace Dust Bowl Family U.S. History Variety of forms Granfield, L. Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate@ *In Flanders Field *Heart to Heart@ Choral reading Storytelling Read aloud Hughes, Langston *Block, The Medium Hughes, Langston Hughes, Langston Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The My people Medium Easy African American Urban living African American Social studies Poetic prose Read aloud Free verse Figurative language Writing prompt Rhythm, rhyme Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Indirection, inference Free verse, Linked characters Word/image Figurative language Inferences Poetic prose Choral reading Read aloud Writing prompt Writing prompt Read aloud Read aloud Suppllement Word/image Read aloud Supplement Read aloud Dialect Figurative language Read aloud Read aloud Medium Readers’ Theater Free verse Read aloud Writing prompts Writing prompt *I See the Rhythm Johnson, A. *Other Side, The Kennedy, X. & Kennedy, D. Kerley, Barbara Kipling, Rudyard Knock at a Star Medium Walt Whitman: Words for America If: A Father’s Advice to His Son Medium Easy Lasky, Kathryn Voice of Her Own, A Medium Lawrence, J. *Harriet and the Promised Land Lester, Julius God Went to Beauty School Lewis, J. Patrick *Black Swan White Crow Lewis, J. Patrick Brothers’ War, The: Civil War Voices in Verse Medium Civil War Lewis, J. Patrick Swan Song Medium Lewis, J. Patrick Verses: A Celebration of Outstanding Women Medium Humorous postmortems of extinct creatures Biographies of 13 women Locker, T. Locker, T. *Home *Water Dance Easy Easy Home Water Livingston, M. *Keep on Singing Easy Longfellow, H. W. *Paul Revere’s Ride Medium Marion Anderson Segregation American Revolution Longfellow, H. W. Song of Hiawatha, The Medium Native American Marsalis, Wynston Jazz ABZ Difficult Bios of jazz musicians Mora, Pat Library for Juana, A Medium First Latina poet Figurative Language Mora, Pat My Own True Name Difficult Multiculturalism Social issues Bilingual; rhythm, rhyme Easy Easy Medium Easy African American Music Childhood memories Southern U.S. Poems illustrates aspects of poetry Biography Qualities that make up a mature person Bio of Phillis Wheatley Harriet Tubman U.S. History Humor, beauty in everyday things Seasons Birds Rhythm Igus, T. Form Free Verse Excerpts of rhymed poetry R%hy Read aloud Writing Prompt on role models Research for more poems Read aloud Form Writing prompt Haiku Writing prompt Figurative language Read aloud Writing prompt Figurative language, Rhythm, rhyme Supplement Writing prompt Figurative language Figurative language Word/image Rhythm, rhyme Writing prompt Writing prompt Rhythm, rhyme Read aloud Rhythm, rhyme, Figurative language Variety Supplement, Read aloud Writing prompt Poetic forms Figurative language Supplement Bilingual poem Writing prompt Read aloud Morrison, Lillian Myers, W. D. More Spice Than Sugar *Brown Angels Medium Easy Myers, W. D. *Glorious Angels Myers, W. D. Here in Harlem Difficult Neil, Phillip *War and the Pity of War @ Medium Nelson, Marilyn Fortune’s Bones Difficult Nelson, Marilyn Wreath for Emmett Till, A Difficult Niven, Penelope Nye, N. Panzer, Nora (Ed.) Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet *Tree Is Older Than You Are, The@ *Celebrate America in Poetry and Art@ Medium Medium Medium Paulsen, Gary Raschka, Chris *Work Song *Mysterious Thelonius Ray, Deborah Kogan To Go Singing Through the World Medium Reef, Catherine E. E. Cummings Difficult Rochelle, Belinda (Ed.) *Words with Wings@ Medium Rochman, H. & McCampbell, D. Rogasky, B. Rylant, C. Schoonmaker, Francis Bearing Witness @ Schnur, Steven Schnur, Steven *Winter Poems @ *Something Permanent *Poetry for Young People: Edna St. Vincent Millay Autumn Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic Easy Schnur, Steven Schnur, Steven Schroeder, A. Spring Thaw Winter *Carolina Shout Easy Easy Easy Women’s issues African American Family Family Multiculturalism Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Writing prompt Writing prompt Figurative language Writing prompt Portraits of neighborhood residents War Rhythm, rhyme Readers’ Theater Choral reading Rhythm, rhyme Reconstructed Bio of slave Famous racist murder Biography Mexico U.S. History Free verse Writing prompt Supplement Writing prompt Crown sonnet Word/Image Free Verse Figurative language Rhythm, rhyme Rhythm, rhyme Correlation of color with musical notes Free verse Medium Work Music, Thelonious Monk Early childhood with poems integrated in text Biography of poet and artist with excerpts of poetry African American Experience Holocaust Medium Medium Medium Winter Great Depression Childhood Easy Nature Spring Easy Easy Easy Nature Nature Shouts Southern U.S. Read aloud Writing prompt Read aloud Writing prompt Writing prompt Read aloud Choral reading Writing prompt Figurative language Images Modern free verse without capitalization Writing prompt Rhythm, rhyme Read aloud Prose and poetry Supplement Imagery Word/image Rhythm, rhyme Read aloud Writing prompts Read aloud Acrostic Acrostic poetry Writing prompt Read aloud Writing Prompt Acrostic Acrostic Rhythm Writing prompt Writing prompt Read aloud Shange, Ntozake ellington was not a street Easy Famous visitors Shange, Ntozake *I Live in Music Medium Music Shore, Diane & Alexander, Jessica This Is the Dream Easy Overview of the Civil Rights Movement Sidman, Joyce Song of the Water Boatman Medium Sidman, Joyce World According to Dog, The Easy Siebert, Diane Tour America Siegen-Smith, N. *Welcome to the World @ Easy Simon, S. *Ride the Wind Easy Denizens of A pond through the seasons Poems & essays to celebrate dogs Favorite American locations Birth Love Nature Simon, S. *Star Walk @ Medium Solar system Smith Jr., Charles R. Smith, Charles R. Jr. Smith, Hope Anita Hoop Queens *If: A Father’s Advice to His Son Way a Door Closes, The Medium Easy Medium Stone, Mariam At the End of Words Difficult Thomas, J. C. *Brown Honey and Broomwheat Tea Easy Thomas, J. C. *I Have Heard of a Land Easy Turner, A. Turner, A. *Mississippi Mud *Shaker Hearts Easy Medium WNBA basketball Sports, Family Narrative about father who leaves, returns home Diary kept during Mother’s terminal illness African American Family history African American Pioneers Pioneers Communities Volavkova, H. *I Never Saw Another Butterfly@ Medium Walker, Alice Langston Hughes: American Poet Medium Walker, Alice *Why War is Never a Good Idea Medium Medium Holocaust Children and war Biography, Harlem Renaissance Concepts of war and peace Figurative language Free verse Word/image Figurative language Dialect Rhyming Variety Rhythm, rhyme Writing prompt Variety Read aloud Writing prompt Read aloud As a quick introduction to the Civil Rights Movement Writing prompt Figurative language Images Read aloud Writing prompt Word/image Writing prompt Word/image Figurative language Word/image Read aloud Writing prompt Imagery Writing prompt Figurative language Writing prompt Read aloud Figurative language Writing prompt Figurative language Writing prompt Figurative language Poem format Poem format Repetition, rhythm, rhyme Word/image Read aloud Writing prompt Figurative Language Supplement Read aloud Read aloud Weatherford, Carole Boston Weatherford, Carole Becoming Billie Holiday Medium Remember the Bridge Medium Winter, Jeanette Emily Dickinson’s Letters to the World Medium Wood, N. *Spirit Walker Medium Woodson, Jacqueline Locomotion Medium Yolen, J. *Once Upon Ice@ Yolen, J. Yolen, J. Yolen, J. *O, Jeruselum! @ *Sacred Places *Welcome to the Ice House *=Picture book @=Anthology Music, poverty, Harlem African American Easy Biography with embedded poems Native American Women Narrative about boy who loses parents Winter Medium Medium Medium World history Religion Nature Easy = Level 1 Medium = Level 2 Storytelling, rhythm, rhyme Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Figurative language Word/image Form Word/image Figurative language Rhythm, rhyme Rhythm, rhyme Figurative language Supplement Read aloud Read aloud Writing prompt Writing prompt Read aloud Read aloud Writing prompt Difficult =GED Level
