Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets - Paul B. Janeczko
Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets may be a compilation of letters and poetry, including a quick biography and photo, of 32 established poets. The book is simple, direct, concise, inspirational, with fine guidance and encouragement for young people from poets who have "made it".
Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets will hold the interest of teens, and contains warm, sometimes humorous poems that will capture the interest of the aspiring poet.
The book is recommended as a gift for teens. Usually there are one or two teens in every classroom who have an affinity for poetry. Parents and teachers should be alert to those teens who love poetry, and help to build on that positive. Seeing the Blue Between can do just that for teenagers.
The Haiku Handbook -25th Anniversary Edition: the way to Write, Teach, and Appreciate
Haiku - William J. Higginson
Haiku poems are quiet, succinct and open up a new world in approximately sixteen syllables. The beauty of Haiku, is that it is the exact opposite of a fast-paced rapper, everything that has to be said, which is often profound, is concise and guarded. It forces the mind to slow down and ponder, shel silverstein poems like a stone thrown in the middle of a pond, that sinks to the bottom, the width or breadth of the Haiku poem is not the power of it, but rather the depth, that so much can be said in so little. The Haiku Handbook provides examples of master Haiku poets, as well as instruction on writing and teaching Haiku. Please do Haiku.
Voices: Poetry and Art from round the World - Barbara Brenner
This is a poetry book of world culture which opens the window to diverse cultures through poetry and graphics. This book can be read from 2nd grade through high school, and yes, by adults as well. It can be appreciated at many levels. The structure is simple and fast-paced. A great book for the classroom, home-school or coffee table.
Phillis Wheatley: First African-American Poet, - Carol Greene
Carol Greene introduces children and teens to the life and works of this former slave who became one of America's great poets, Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley earned her freedom through her poetry and had the pleasure of meeting the first president of the United States as a result. Wheatley's manner reflected humility and modesty and her story and poetry is an inspiration.
The Collected Poems of Hughes - Arnold Rampersad
Why should every teen in the United States read Langston Hughes poetry? Even as today's teens hang on every word of pop-music stars and rappers, some of whom are vulgar and rude, Langston Hughes, from Harlem, skillfully weaved words of delightful rhythm and poetic beauty, painting word pictures of reality and hope, that would be preserved for generations to come. Hughes' poetry should be required reading, and he is a fine role model for African American youth, and for all, on a hard-working writer who used rather than wasting his talents.
Hughes explores his African heritage, protests inequality, but does so without the rancor or hate. Some of his poems reflect his profound delight for God and spiritual things.
Teens enjoy learning to read, enjoy, evaluate poetry, also on write their own poetry. These five books can provide inspiration for the future generation of poets.
