Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own. Oh, the ...

To be or not to be? Young poets might know the question from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” from movies or television, but not from reading the Bard himself. And it might not matter. Kids are creating ...

This lushly illustrated addition to the Poetry for Kids series highlights Robert Frost, beginning with a thoughtful introduction to his life and work. The 35 poems include “The Road Not Taken,” ...

Poetry has long been celebrated as a profound art form, capable of evoking deep emotions and exploring complex themes. But when it comes to children's poetry, there's a special kind of magic that ...

What do G.K. Chesterton, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti and Joyce Kilmer have in common with Mother Goose? Plenty, poetically. They also all are highlighted in Poems Every Child ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

Announcing the Beaver Creek Resort “Kids’ Holiday Wish For A Better World” Poetry Contest! As we get ready to celebrate the holidays, what wish or message would you like everyone to hear that would ...

Editor’s Note Naomi Shihab Nye was Poetry Editor at the Texas Observer for the past 28 years. A sixth-grader wearing a yellow floral dress waved me down, then sidled up to my car window in Albany, ...