Poetry for 6th Graders

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” - William Wordsworth

Angelou, Maya	Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.
Brooks, Gwendolyn	Bronzeville Boys and Girls.
Dickinson, Emily	Poems for Youth.
Fleischman, Paul	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.
Fletcher, Ralph J.	Room Enough for Love: The Complete Poems of I Am Wings and Buried Alive : Poems.
Florian, Douglas	Mammalabilia: Poems and Paintings.
George, Kristine O'Connell	Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems.
Greenfield, Eloise	Honey, I Love, And Other Love Poems.
Hughes, Langston	Don’t You Turn Back: Poems.
Lewis, J. Patrick	Freedom Like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black Americans.
Livingston, Myra Cohn	Cricket Never Does: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka.
Merriam, Eve	Fresh Paint: New Poems.
Milne, A.A.	Now We Are Six.
Mora, Pat	This Big Sky.
Nye, Naomi Shihab	Come With Me: Poems for a Journey.
Prelutsky, Jack	Scranimals.
Sandburg, Carl	Early Moon.
Shapiro, Karen Jo	Because I Could Not Stop My Bike, and Other Poems.
Soto, Gary	Fearless Fernie: Hanging Out With Fernie and Me.
Wong, Janet S.	Behind the Wheel: Poems About Driving.

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Podhaizer, Mary Elizabeth	Painless Poetry.
Fletcher, Ralph	Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out.
Harley, Avis	Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry.
Holbrook, Sara	Wham! It’s a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry.
Janeczko, Paul B	How to Write Poetry.
	Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.
Livingston, Myra Cohn	Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry.
Pendleton, Scott	The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests: Grades 7-12.
	The Place My Words are Looking For: Talking Poetry with Poets.
	Poetry From A to Z: A Guide For Young Writers.
	Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets.
Wooldridge, Susan G.	Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life With Words.

	Celebrate America: In Poetry and Art.
	Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art.
	Here is My Heart: Love Poems.
	I Am Writing a Poem About… A Game of Poetry.
	Leaf By Leaf: Autumn Poems.
	The Other Side of a Poem.
	Poetry by Heart: A Child’s Book of Poems to Remember.
	A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems.
	Step Lightly: Poems For the Journey.
	Voices: Poetry and Art From Around the World.
	Whisper and Shout: Poems to Memorize.

Cormier, Robert	Frenchtown Summer.
Creech, Sharon	Love That Dog.
George, Kristine O'Connell	Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems.
Glenn, Mel	Split Image: A Story in Poems.
Hesse, Karen	Out of the Dust.
Smith, Hope Anita	The Way a Door Closes.
Testa, Maria	Almost Forever.
Wayland, April Halprin	Girl Coming in For A Landing: A Novel in Poems.

Poetic License! Poetry Books for 6th Graders

Poetic License!
Poetry Books for 6th Graders