Diverse Verse on the National Stage
Diverse Verse NCTE Panel information and short list of recommended reading by panelists and diverse verse authors who lead #DiverseVerse’s annual call for poetry.
“Evoke to Know” : Learning from K. A. Holt
Interview with K.A.Holt, author of several acclaimed verse novels
Homeland of My Body: Review and Activities
Review of Richard Blanco's poetry collection, Homeland of My Body.
Palestinian Voices: Poems and Poetry Resources
Palestinian Voices: Poems, Poets and Poetry Resources
2024 Call for Poetry
Announcement of Winners and Honorees of Diverse Verse 20204 Call for Poetry of Hope
Poems for Hope 2024
Diverse Verse invites young poets in grades 3 through 12 to send us a poem on the theme of hope during Poetry Month 2024. Students may interpret the theme of hope in whatever way they wish:
What does hope mean to you?
How does poetry keep your hope alive?
All participants will receive a printable certificate to honor their time and effort.
Wild Dreamers and A STEAM poem
Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics Poem by Margarita Engle
Interview with Ari Tison
Padma Venkatraman interviews founding Diverse Verse member Ari Tison about her debut novel Saints of the Household
Honoring Juneteenth
Padma Venkatraman Interviews Zetta Elliott about her poem Juneteenth, which appears in her latest poetry collection, Perennial
Love Letters to Poetry
Thank you for joining us for National Poetry Month! Here are all of our 2023 Love Letters to Poetry.
Love Letters to Poetry | Pocketful of Poetry: A Mini Chapbook
In celebration of national poetry month, here's a quick and simple mini chapbook project to try on your own or with your students. It can be created by hand or produced digitally. It's a flexible and fun way to create, to experiment with and to share your work. For the purposes of this lesson, the mini chapbook was digitally designed and produced.
Love Letters to Poetry | “Earth, I Thank You”
How perfect that National Poetry Month in the US is in April, just like Earth Month.
Slow down. Pay attention. Everything is connected.
I chose this poem because it does all that, and more. It’s a potent love note to the earth, and all the good things in it that make poetry.