The following poems in Spanish and English are appropriate for young people.

lesson plans with poems in spanish and english

more poems for kids


Un mujer duerme en una isla/A Woman Sleeps on an Island” by Marjorie Agosín

Despedida/Farewell” by Francisca Aguirre

John Correia, mi maestro de química/John Correia, My College Chemistry Teacher” by Jorge H. Aigla

Tardes/ Afternoons” by Jorge H. Aigla

En un barrio de Los Ángeles/In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles” by Francisco X. Alarcón

Naturaleza criminal/ Natural Criminal” by Francisco X. Alarcón

Translation for Mamá” by Richard Blanco

Como Tú/Like You” by Roque Dalton

Todos volvemos al lugar donde nacimos/We All Return to the Place Where We Were Born” by Oscar Gonzales

Centroamérica en el corazón/ Central America in My Heart” by Oscar Gonzales

Versos a la luna/Verses to the Moon” by Luis Carlos López, translated by William George Williams

Arbolé, arbolé/Tree, tree” by Federico García Lorca

Os doy mi corazón/ I Give You My Heart” by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado

Elegía al cisne/Swan’s Elegy” by Jaime Manrique

Imágenes/Images” by Jaime Manriqu

Flora Numérica/ Numeric Flora” by Mara Pastor, translated by María José Giménez

Cantos a Berenice, II/Songs to Berenice, II” by Olga Orozco

La nevada es silenciosa/ The Snowfall Is So Silent” by Olga Orozco​​​​​​​, translated by Robert Bly
read the lesson plan


more poems in spanish

how to create an anthology