National Poetry Month

We only have about two weeks left of April, but there’s still time to celebrate National Poetry Month by writing or reading a poem (or both)! I’ve noticed that students tend to find poetry boring, hard to understand, or a complete waste of time. However, if you discover a form of poetry you enjoy (like a verse novel) on a topic you connect with, it can be an exciting and emotional reading experience. So give poetry a chance and check out one of these verse novels or poetry books available from the library.

Verse Novels & Memoirs

 

 

 

 

 

• Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major
• Cinnamon Girl by Juan Felipe Herrera
• Crank by Ellen Hopkins
• Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips
• I Don’t Want to Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz

 

 

 

 

 

• Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
• My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
• Names Will Never Hurt Me by Jaime Adoff
• Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
• You Remind Me of You by Eireann Corrigan

Poems & Poetry Collections

 

 

 

 

 

• Blue Marrow by Louise Bernice Halfe
• Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
• In The Clear: A Contemporary Canadian Poetry Anthology edited by Allan Forrie
• Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

 

 

 

 

 

• Question & Answer by Alison Pick
• The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth by Jaime Adoff
• The Taste of Water by Frank Ledwell
• Up Home by Shauntay Grant
• Where Sound Pools by Lynn Davies