Poems by Adolescents and Adults offers teachers a powerful supplement to the standard middle school and high school literature anthologies. Divided into eleven themed sections, the collection freely mixes more than 100 poems by students in grades 5 to 12, with more than 40 pieces by adults, including well-known writers such as William Stafford, Nikki Giovanni, Gary Soto, and Sandra Cisneros, as well as classroom teachers whose work has been published in English Journal. The book’s themes range widely—from family relations to peer pressure, from school life to social issues, and from love to hopes for the future.

Poems by Adolescents and Adults thus offers teachers an enjoyable and accessible resource for planning classroom activities, promoting lively discussion, and engaging students in thinking about how poetry can be meaningful in their lives.
244 pp. 2002. Grades 6–12. ISBN 0-8141-3563-3.
No. 35633