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    Articles About Children's Poetry
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    Children’s Poetry

    By Eileen Myles

    Giving children the gift of language in all its forms.

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    Children's Poems
      • poem

        Gathering Leaves

        By Robert Frost
        Spades take up leaves
        No better than spoons,
        And bags full of leaves
        Are light as balloons.
        ?
        I make a great noise
        Of rustling all day
        Like rabbit and deer
        Running away.
        ?
        But the mountains I raise
        Elude my embrace,
        Flowing over my arms
        And into my face.
        ?
        I may load and...

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      • poem

        Appeared in Poetry Magazine The Bean Eaters

        By Gwendolyn Brooks
        They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.???
        Dinner is a casual affair.
        Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,???
        Tin flatware.

        Two who are Mostly Good.
        Two who have lived their day,
        But keep on putting on their clothes???
        And putting things away.

        And remembering ...
        Remembering,...

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      • poem

        Caged Bird

        By Maya Angelou
        A free bird leaps
        on the back of the wind???
        and floats downstream???
        till the current ends
        and dips his wing
        in the orange sun rays
        and dares to claim the sky.

        But a bird that stalks
        down his narrow cage
        can seldom see through
        his bars of rage
        his wings...

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    • Young People's Poet Laureate

      Browse essays, monthly book picks, and other content by the Young People’s Poet Laureate.

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    • Illustration of Gwendolyn Brooks at her typewriter
      We Real Cool
      Video
      From Poem Videos

      Using simple, illuminative paper-cut puppetry, this enchanting video imagines the moment of witness that inspired Gwendolyn Brooks to write her landmark poem,...

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    Children's Videos
      • A pile of clothing in front of a yellow background
        Video

        Poorly Dressed

        From Poem Videos

        Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film features Bruce Lansky’s playful poem-riddle about a familiar friend.

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      • Colorful picture of a house on a hill surrounded by purple, red, and yellow.
        Video

        Monsters

        From Poem Videos

        Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this arresting animated film explores the imagination and excitement that fuel childhood fears.

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      • Illustration of a worm on a hook.
        Video

        To Catch a Fish

        From Poem Videos

        Created in partnership with Motionpoems, this animated film features Eloise Greenfield’s playful poem about the virtues of patience, perseverance, and preparedness when trying to make the big catch. Suitable for...

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