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Celebrating Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, the Garrett Park PTA is celebrating the creativity and achievements of black poets and authors. Throughout the month, student will hear inspiring poems and quotes from black authors on the announcements and we will finish the month with a Virtual Poetry Slam! (Students: sign up to participate in the Virtual Poetry Slam.)
Poetry Resources
Find poems written by Black youth, including The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
These poems are available on EPIC (GPES students have access)
Langston Hughes - S. L. Berry
I Lay My Stitches Down - Cynthia Grady
America, My New Home - Monica Gunning
A Likkle Miss Lou - Nadia L. Hohn
Phyllis Wheatley - Deborah Kent
A Dictionary for a Better World - Irene Latham & Charles Waters
Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship - Irene Latham and Charles Waters
Voices from the March on Washington - J Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon
Here in Harlem - Walter Dean Myers
Here are some resources for writing and performing poetry (also on Epic)
Wham! It’s a Poetry Jam - Sara Holbrook
Read, Recite, and Write Cinquains - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Concrete Poems - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Free Verse - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Haiku - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Limericks - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write List Poems - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Narrative Poems - JoAnn Early Macken
Read, Recite, and Write Nursery Rhymes - JoAnn Early Macken
How to Write a Poem - Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth
Websites
Black History Month: Poems for Kids