Each day in April, we hope you'll return to listen to a new poem being read by the poet who wrote it. Share these poems with your friends,
your classroom, your book club, anyone who enjoys poetry ... and especially those who don't yet know how much they like it. This resource will remain on Bookology throughout the year.
Jorge Tetl Argueta
"Dream / Sueño" from Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds , illus by Alfonso Ruano, Groundwood Books, Canada 2016
jorgeargueta.com
Nancy Bo Flood
"Woolly Rider," from Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo , photographs by Jan Sonnenmair, Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press
nancyboflood.com
Jeannine Atkins
"Playing Planets,” from Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science , Atheneum, 2016
jeannineatkins.com
Nikki Grimes
"Jabari Unmasked" from One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance , illustrated by a variety of artists,
Bloomsbury, 2017
nikkigrimes.com
Jen Bryant
"Tryouts,” included in The Poetry Anthology for Middle School , edited by Wong & Vardell, Pomelo Books, 2013
jenbryant.com
Virginia Euwer Wolff
“What She Asked,” You Just Wait: A Poetry Friday Power Book , edited by Wong & Vardell, Pomelo Books, 2016
virginiaeuwerwolff.com
Pat Mora
Confetti: Poems for Children / Confeti: poemas para niños , illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez, Lee & Low Books, 1996
patmora.com
Janet Wong
“Here We Go” from Here We Go: A Poetry Friday Power Book , edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2017
janetwong.com
Joyce Sidman
“Grass” from Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors , illustrated by Beckie Prange, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006
joycesidman.com
April Halprin Wayland
"In the Word Woods," from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School , edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2013
aprilwayland.com
Charles Ghigna
"A Poem is a Little Path" from Tickle Day Poems from Father Goose , illustrated by Cyd Moore, Hyperion
charlesghigna.com
Melanie Heuiser Hill
"Women’s March 2017—A Pantoum" (unpublished) (photo credit: Katherine Warde)
melanieheuiserhill.com
Padma Venkatraman
"The Wait," published in Snowy Egret , a nature writing journal
padmavenkatrman.com
Cynthia Grady
"Basket," the final poem in I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery, illustrated by Michele Wood, Eerdmans, 2012
cynthiagrady.com
Margarita Engle
"Courageous Poetry," from Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics / La poesia valiente , illustrated by Rafael Lopez,
Laura Godwin Books, 2017
(photo credit: Marshall Johnson)
margaritaengle.com
Susan Blackaby
"Hermit Crab," from Nest, Nook & Cranny , Charlesbridge 2010
susanblackaby.com
Helen Frost
“Wishing” from When My Sister Started Kissing , Margaret Ferguson Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books, 2017
(photo credit: James D. Gabbard)
helenfrost.net
Lee Bennett Hopkins
"Storyteller (For Augusta Baker)" is from Jumping Off Library Shelves: A Book of Poems , illus by Jane Manning, Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press, 2015
leebennetthopkins.com
Laura Purdie Salas
"This Is the Book," from Bookspeak! Poems about Books , illust Josée Bisaillon, Clarion / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011
laurasalas.com
Carmen Bernier-Grand
“Virgin de Guadalupe” from César ¡Sí, se puede! Yes, We Can , illustrated by David Diaz, Two Lions, 2004
carmenberniergrand.com
Charles Waters
"Sack Lunch" from The Poetry Friday Anthology edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2009
charleswaterspoetry.com
Julie Fogliano
"July 9," from When Green Becomes Tomatoes , illustrated byJulie Morstad, Roaring Brook Press, 2016
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Irene Latham
"Dear Wandering Wildebeest" from Dear Wandering Wildebeest: and Other Poems from the Water Hole , illus by Anna Wadham, Millbrook Press, 2014
irenelatham.com
J. Patrick Lewis
"Everything Is a Poem," from Everything Is A Poem: The Best of J. Patrick Lewis , illustrated by Maria Cristina Pritelli, Creative Editions, 2014
jpatricklewis.com
Roxane Orgill
"Late, Thelonious Sphere Monk, pianist," from Jazz Day, The Making of a Famous Photograph , illustrated by Francis Vallejo, Candlewick Press, 2017
roxaneorgill.net
Laura Shovan
"Faces," from The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary , Wendy Lamb / Random House, 2016
laurashovan.com
Sylvia Vardell
"The Library" by Sarah Holbrook from The Poetry Friday Anthology , edited by Vardell + Wong, Pomelo Books, 2009
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Robyn Hood Black
"“Printing, Pressed Beyond Words...” from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science , edited by Vardell + Wong,
Pomelo Books, 2014
robynhoodblack.com