Crowd-Sourced Poetry from Joseph Fasano

Poem based on Fasano Prompts

Joseph Fasano is a writer and educator whose Twitter threads will delight and move you with their poetry.

Clint Smith to Stephen Colbert: Poetry is the Act of Paying Attention

Clint Smith quote about joy

Watch Stephen Colbert talk to Clint Smith about Smith’s new book of poetry, Above Ground, and the inspiration of a teacher.

Golden Shovel Poetry

Teach your students the delightful poetry format of the Golden Shovel that will pique their imaginations!

April Holidays and Celebrations

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April is on its way! There are so many upcoming holidays and celebrations, and I have links for engaging lessons for many of them!

Reimagine, Recreate, Restore

A video poem from Jordan Sanchez for World Environment Day

LatiNext Poetry Project

ethnic worker writing in notebook in house room

April is National Poetry Month in the United States, and it is not too late to celebrate! You may remember when I posted about the Teach Living Poets site way back in January right after being blown away by Amanda Gorman’s recitation of the poem she wrote for the Inauguration. Scott Bayer (@LyricalSwordz), who contributes … Read more