poetics

Presents an introduction to poetry, including an overview of the parts of a poem, as well as a discussion of different kinds of poetry. Includes a glossary, a list of additional resources, and critical thinking questions using the Common Core.

This guide encourages teens to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most--both personally and politically--whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. Young adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before, and yet it's the most difficult form for schools to teach. Written in short, easy-to-digest chapters, [this book] includes prompts and inspiration, writing suggestions and instruction, brief interviews with some . . . poets such as Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, and others, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book"--Provided by publisher.

Provides poetry-writing exercises that address a broad range of topics.

Explains to kids how to write poems about everyday subjects from their lives, such as experiences with their family, friends, and pets, providing tips, example poems, and exercises.

A collection of poems about the experiences of young people and a section with information about how each poem was written to enable readers to create their own original poems.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide prose descriptions of over three hundred verse forms, with schematic diagrams, examples, and cross-references; and includes discussions of prose and verse writing, as well as various prosodic and metrical systems.

Using a selection of seven sport poems, discusses how to understand the meaning of poems and the writing techniques use by poets.

Contains biographical profiles of twelve American poets of the modern era, including Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, and Langston Hughes, and includes examples and analyses of their writing.

A guide to writing and understanding poetry, identifying fourteen poetic elements, each with a definition and examples, and including worksheets, exercises, and writing ideas.

An anthology of seventy poems covering subjects from autumn to zebras. Includes poetry-writing exercises to help the reader get started, and shows how to compose acrostics, clerihews, haikus, and much more.