Tweens and teens can enjoy poetry, too. Sometimes it's a harder sell because as part of their education they've had to over analyze poems. All the previous poets and collections I've shared that are for children may also appeal to tweens and teens. In addition I'd like to highlight some poetry collections, verse novels, and nonfiction in verse.
Verse novels can appeal to tweens and teens because they read quickly.
A few of my favorite verse novels are Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Borrowed Names by Jeannine Atkins, and Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill, but I admit that I don't read verse novels as often as I do poetry collections.
Poetry Collections for Tweens and Teens
- Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur
- Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School edited by Peter Kahn, Hanif Abdurraqib, Dan “Sully” Sullivan and Franny Choi
- When the Stars Wrote Back by Trista Mateer
- You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves edited by Diana Whitney
- Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
- Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
- Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith
- Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience edited by Patrice Vecchione & Alyssa Raymond
- One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
Verse Novels for Tweens and Teens
- Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
- Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
- Red, White, and Whole by Ranjani LaRocca
- Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
- Enter the Body by Joy McCullough
- The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
- The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf
- Bull by David Elliott
- Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott
- The Seventh Raven by David Elliott
Nonfiction in Verse for Tweens and Teens
- Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes
- A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard
- Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis by Jeannine Atkins
Resources
- Discussion guide for Black Girl You Are Atlas on the author's website
- Educator's guide for One Last Word on the author's website
- Classroom Activities for Ink Knows No Borders on the publisher's website
- Teaching guide for Ink Knows No Borders on the publisher's website
- Reading guide for Call Me Athena on the publisher's website
- Curriculum guide for Ain't Burned All the Bright on the publisher's website
- Educator's guide for Red, White, and Whole on the author's website
- Resources for Me (Moth) on the author's website
- Teacher's guide for Enter the Body on the publisher's website
- Teacher's guide for The Watch That Ends the Night on the publisher's website
- Discussion guide for The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep on the publisher's website
- Discussion guide for Ordinary Hazards from the publisher via TeachingBooks
- Educator's guide for A Long Time Coming on the author's website
- Teacher's guide for Shout on the publisher's website
- Teacher's guide for Brown Girl Dreaming on the publisher's website
- Educator resources for Stone Mirrors on the author's website
Links to My Reviews
- Borrowed Names by Jeannine Atkins
- Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
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