Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 29)

Here is a curated list (from the Academy of American Poets) of themed poems for kids. Find poems about animals, friendship, nature, immigration, school, sports and more.

Kenn Nesbitt has a collection of poetry resources for the classroom. Funny poetry, lesson ideas, rhyming dictionary, and games.

Enjoy a poem each school day. Scroll through the list and choose a different one each time. Note: most of these are poems by American poets.

This is a great way to read poetry. Choose a poet, mood or tag. If you don't like what you are given, spin again. Once you have made your second choice, you will be given a poem to read. Hit the blue back arrow to spin again and read more poems.

This site, featuring the former Children's Poet Laureate (US) Kenn Nesbitt, provides children's poems on a variety of topics. Search for poems by author or topic. There are suggested activities below many of the poems.

Dive into Lewis Carroll’s epic nonsense poem, “Jabberwocky” from his novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There."