Online Poetry Workshop for Youth
in response to school shutdowns amidst COVID-19
Youth poetry matters in a pandemic! Young people help document the stories of this time.
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1
EPISTLE FOR A PERSON
OR A PANDEMIC
writing a letter poem
created by: Meg Hamill with inspiration from Karen Benke
geared towards: grades 1-12
2
Free Verse Poetry -
Starry Night
created by: Ernesto Garay
geared towards: grades 1-12
3
Ode to a Non-Human Neighbor
created by: Brian Kirven with inspiration from Susan Wooldridge
and her book poemcrazy
geared towards: grades 3-12
Prartho Sereno's Magical Homebound Lessons for Kids #3 (grades 1-3)
Prartho's second Poetic Journey is in two parts: The first part reminds us of the magic of words and asks us to expand our wild imaginations beyond the animal kingdom we explored in session #1. Click here to visit Prartho Sereno's youtube page where you can participate in part two of this lesson, as well as many more.
6
How to Sound Like an Expert on Anything in 10 Easy Steps!
created by: Fernando Albert Salinas
geared towards: Grades 5-12
7
In Two Minds
created by: Margo Perin,Sonoma County Area Coordinator for CalPoets
geared towards: Grades 3-6
8
Love/Not
created by: Margo Perin, Sonoma County Area Coordinator for CalPoets
geared towards: Grades 7-12
S.L.A.M.! Poetry -- (Serious Language About Me!)
9
created by: Jessica Wilson Cardenas
geared towards: Grades 6-12
10
Secret Places, Cozy Places and Hideouts
created by: Lois Klein
geared towards: Grades 2-6
13
I Am (Metaphor, Chant)
created by: Grace Grafton, Susan Kennedy, Phyllis Meshulam
geared towards: (with modifications) Grades K-12
14
For You are the Earth
created by: Phyllis Meshulam
geared towards: (with modifications) Grades K-12
15
If I Lived Inside
(my favorite food)
created by: Rosie Angelica Alonso
geared towards: Grades 1-6
photo credit: NASA, Aplllo 8, Bill Anders, Processing: Jim Weigang
The Extraordinary Ordinary
16
created by: Cie Gumucio
geared towards: Grades 4-12
19
Dear Basketball
created by: Christine Kravetz
submitted by: Michele Pittinger
geared towards: Grades 4-7
20
What Say You, Moon of Moons: Creating a Moon Loon
created by: Jackie Huss Hallerberg
geared towards: Grades 3-5
Original inspiration for this lesson from John Oliver Simon (a long-time Poet-Teacher for CalPoets and former member of our board). Read about him here.
21
Animals on the Move
created by: Grace Marie Grafton
geared towards: Grades 1-3
22
I can, I can't,
I wish I could
created by: Grace Marie Grafton
geared towards: Grades 1-3
23
In poems, anything can happen
created by: Grace Marie Grafton
geared towards: Grades 2-4
25
Perspective: A Museum of Self
created by: Blake More
(with inspiration from multiple internet sources as well as an uncredited lesson from a CalPoets' Teacher)
geared towards: Grades 3-12
26
Learning to Take Dictation from Mountains, etc.
created by: Eva Poole-Gilson
geared towards: Grades 3-12
27
Memories of Me: Writing about Your Life and Experience
created by: Sandra Anfang
geared towards: Grades 4-12
28
Chaos and Order
created by: Brennan DeFrisco
geared towards: Grades 5-12
30
The Mask Speaks (extended metaphor)
created by: Grace Grafton & Terri Glass
geared towards: Grades 3-6
31
Lyrical Muse
created by: Meredith Heller from her upcoming book Write a Poem, Save Your Life!
geared towards: Grades 3-12
32
I am Offering This Poem
writing an offering poem and making clay sugar skulls
created by: Rosie Angelica Alonso
geared towards: Grades 4-12
Photo by A01329582-Daniel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83583933
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Quarantine Quatrains!
created by: Kyle Matthews
geared towards: Grades 4-12
35
Line Breaks and Rhythm in Poetry
created by: Pamela Singer
geared towards: Grades 1-6
36
Color My World
created by: Maureen Hurley
geared towards: Grades 1-6
37
On the Other Side
a poem in couplets
created by: Margo Perin, Sonoma County Area Coordinator for CalPoets
geared towards: Grades 1-12 (with modifications)