The following poems explore the themes of reading, writing, and poetry and are appropriate for young people.
lesson plans about ars poetica poems
“Is This the Lark!” by Joseph Auslander
Is this the lark…
“The Creative Drive” by Catherine Barnett
A recent study found that poems increased…
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“Someday, Again” by Jason Bayani
I’m waiting for the words…
“Passerby, These Are Words” by Yves Bonnefoy
Passerby, these are words. But instead of reading…
"There is no frigate like a book (1263)" by Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book...
“The Republic of Poetry” by Martín Espada
In the republic of poetry…
“Words Growing on Trees” by Georgina Marie Guardado
In observance of summer drought…
“the poem is a dream telling you its time” by Marwa Helal
is a field / as long as the butterflies say…
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“The Secret” by Denise Levertov
Two girls discover…
“Ars Poetica” by Archibald MacLeish
A poem should be palpable and mute…
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“The Sentence” by Nathan McClain
begins with its subject…
“Poetry” by Marianne Moore
I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important…
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“Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry” by Howard Nemerov
Sparrows were feeding in a freezing drizzle…
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“Valentine for Ernest Mann” by Naomi Shihab Nye
You can’t order a poem like you order a taco…
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“Chance” by Molly Peacock
may favor obscure brainy aptitudes in you…
“Books” by Gerald Stern
How you loved to read in the snow and when your…
“The Land of Story-books” by Robert Louis Stevenson
At evening when the lamp is lit…
“Always on the Train” by Ruth Stone
Writing poems about writing poems…
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“Eating Poetry” by Mark Strand
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth…
“Shut Not Your Doors to Me Proud Libraries” by Walt Whitman
Shut not your doors to me, proud libraries…
“Tall Ideas” by Adam Wolfond
are the open way of thinking…
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