Diverse Verse on the National Stage
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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.

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2024 Call for Poetry
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2024 Call for Poetry

Announcement of Winners and Honorees of Diverse Verse 20204 Call for Poetry of Hope

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Poems for Hope 2024
National Poetry Month Padma Venkatraman National Poetry Month Padma Venkatraman

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.

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Honoring Juneteenth
Padma Venkatraman Padma Venkatraman

Honoring Juneteenth

Padma Venkatraman Interviews Zetta Elliott about her poem Juneteenth, which appears in her latest poetry collection, Perennial

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Love Letters to Poetry | Pocketful of Poetry: A Mini Chapbook
National Poetry Month Edna Cabcabin Moran National Poetry Month Edna Cabcabin Moran

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.

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