Teens
Articles about poets and poetry for young people ages 13-18.
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney October 12, 2023
Read or listen to Kimiko Hahn’s poem, “Likeness: A Self-Portrait,” several times. A few questions you might consider, either in writing or in conversation with others: The title instructs us to...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney October 12, 2023
Read Douglas Kearney’s poem “Every Hard Rapper’s Father Ever: Father of the Year.” Then, listen to the poet reading this poem out loud at least once. A few questions you...
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Learning PromptBy Samira Asma-Sadeque September 14, 2023
What I didn’t know before reading Ada Limón’s What I Didn’t Know Before is where research—scientific, philosophical, historical, or any other kind—belongs in the poetry writing process. What I learned after...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney September 14, 2023
The roots of the word exhibition are instructive: from ex "out" + habere "to hold." An exhibition holds out a particular narrative, a thesis, and framing of a subject. A...
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Learning PromptBy Hua Xi August 2, 2023
Look closely at a typical map, and you will notice that it is covered in language—the names of countries, types of rivers, cardinal directions. Language helps shape geography and vice...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney July 13, 2023
Read “Apology” by Sharon Olds several times, out loud or silently. Questions to consider, on your own in writing, or in discussion with others: What is the connection between the mice and...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney July 13, 2023
Read “LeaveTaking” by Rita Dove several times, out loud or silently, or listen to Dove reading the poem. Questions to consider, on your own in writing, or in discussion with others: This...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney May 30, 2023
Ekphrastic poetry, when a poem works to describe or evoke another work of art, is one of the most ancient modes of poetry. Most often associated with visual art, ekphrastic...
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Learning PromptBy Maggie Queeney May 30, 2023
Read Patti Smith’s “the sheep lady from algiers” out loud, several times. A few questions you might consider, either in writing or with others: What do you notice about the sounds...
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Learning PromptBy grace (ge) gilbert May 11, 2023
As a poet, I began my hybrid arts practice with Elmer’s glue, Crayola finger-paints, Microsoft Word, and no formal training. My grandmother was murdered, I needed a form for the...
