POETRY WRITING RESOURCES

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Found Poems

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Ekphrastic Poetry

POETS TO KNOW

This is just a starter list of authors who write poetry for young people. Add your favorite poets to this list!

Arnold Adoff

Kwame Alexander

Calef Brown

Skila Brown

Rebecca Kai Dotlich

David Elliott

Margarita Engle

Douglas Florian

Barbara Juster Esbensen

Betsy Franco

Helen Frost

Kristine O'Connell George

Joan Bransfield Graham

Nikki Grimes

David Harrison

Mary Ann Hoberman

Georgia Heard

Lee Bennett Hopkins

Paul B. Janeczko

Irene Latham

J. Patrick Lewis

Myra Cohn Livingston

Eve Merriam

Pat Mora

Marilyn Nelson

Kenn Nesbitt

Naomi Shihab Nye

Jack Prelutsky

Deborah Ruddell

Laura Purdie Salas

Alice Schertle

Joyce Sidman

Marilyn Singer

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Carole Boston Weatherford

Allan Wolf

Janet Wong

Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Valerie Worth

Jane Yolen