Sophomore Poetry Project Poem Collections
Poetry Collection #1: The artistic works in Poetry Collection #1 explore Conflicts,
Choices, and Challenges:
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“The Bridegroom” by Alexander Pushkin
“The Guitar” by Federico Garcia Lorca
The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop
“Danny Deever” by Rudyard Kipling
Poetry Collection #2: In Poetry Collection #2 each poem shows something – an ancient
story, a road, people mowing, a fist – from a fresh perspective.
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“Mowing” by Robert Frost
“A Tree Telling of Orpheus” by Denise Levertov
“Making a Fist” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Spring and All” by William Carlos Williams
Poetry Collection #3: The Poems in Poetry Collection #3 include vivid images and
landscapes, both real and imagined
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“My City” by James Weldon Johnson
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
“Tanka”
o “The Clustering Clouds…” by Minamoto no Toshiyori
o “When I Went to Visit…” by Ki no Tsurayuki
Poetry Collection #4: In Poetry Collection #4, the speaker of each poem shares insight
gained in moments of solitary reflection.
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“The Waking” by Theodore Roethke
“Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare
“Tanka”
o “One Cannot Ask Loneliness…” by Priest Jakuren
o “Was It That I Went to Sleep…” by Ono Komachi
Poetry Collection #5: The Poets in Poetry Collection #5 remind us that even ordinary
events contain a little bit of the extraordinary.
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“The Wind – Tapped Like a Tired Man” by Emily Dickinson
“Glory” by Yusef Komunyakaa
“Metaphor” by Eve Merriam
Poetry Collection #6: In each of the poems in Poetry Collection #6, the poet confronts
life’s limitations.
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“ Conscientious Objector” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Pride” – by Dahlia Ravikovitch
“Tell All the Truth, but Tell It Slant” by Emily Dickinson
Poetry Collection #7: The poems in Poetry Collection #7 describe the beauty of sight and
sound.
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“The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes
“Flanders Fields” by John McCrae
“Jazz Fantasia” by Carl Sandburg
Poetry Collection #8: Each poem in Poetry Collection #8 uses descriptive language to
capture a specific mood.
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“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning
“The Kraken” by Alfred Lloyd Tennyson
“Reapers” by Jean Toomer
Poetry Collection: Comparing Literary Works: In these selections, the writers describe
human interactions. Think about how people you know communicate with each other.
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“Fear” by Gabriela Mistral
“ The Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“How to React to Familiar Faces” by Umberto Eco