October and November 2015 Poetry Reading Ladder –November 2nd to December 5th

In Order of Least to Most Recent

  1. Hands- Sarah Kay
  2. The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire- Sarah Kay
  3. Point B (If I Should Have a Daughter)- Sarah Kay
  4. Barbie Doll- Marge Piercy
  5. A Summer Dream- Archibald Lampman
  6. Winter Evening- Archibald Lampman
  7. Because I Could not Stop for Death- Emily Dickenson
  8. The Darkling Thrush- Thomas Hardy
  9. Still I Rise- Maya Angelou
  10. Touched by an Angel- Maya Angelou
  11. Caged Bird- Maya Angelou
  12. Alone- Maya Angelou
  13. Phenomenal Woman- Maya Angelou
  14. Mid-Term Break- Seamus Heaney
  15. Blackberry Picking- Seamus Heaney
  16. North- Seamus Heaney
  17. Two Poems in Dedication- Seamus Heaney
  18. Digging– Seamus Heaney
  19. The Grauballe Man– Seamus Heaney
  20. Twice Shy– Seamus Heaney
  21. Where The Mind Is Without Fear- Rabindranath Tagore
  22. Freedom- Rabindranath Tagore
  23. The Starry Night- Anne Sexton
  24. If- Rudyard Kipling
  25. Hiroshima– Sarah Kay
  26. Annabel Lee– Edgar Allan Poe
  27. When Love Arrives– Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye
  28. How Falling In Love is Like Owning a Dog– Taylor Mali
  29. We Teach Life, Sir– Rafeef Ziadah
  30. To This Day– Shane Koyczan
  31. Troll– Shane Koyczan
  32. The Crickets Have Arthritis– Shane Koyczan
  33. Shoulders—Shane Koyczan
  34. More Often Than Sometimes– Shane Koyczan
  35. Where– Shane Koyczan
  36. Shrinking Woman– Lily Myers
  37. When I Die– Rumi
  38. Changing the World, One Word at a Time– Belissa Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin, and Zariya Allen
  39. To The Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter- Jesse Parent
  40. Remember How We Forgot- Shane Koyczan
  41. Mathematics- Hollie McNish
  42. Cupcakes or Scones- Hollie McNish
  43. Knock Knock- Daniel Beaty

 

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I am developing a passion for poetry. I never aspired to write poems beforehand- rather, short stories were my main medium. Now, however, I am finding poetry to be an incredible way for me to express my voice.

 

 

Citations:

Ann Martine, Christy. “Short Poems.” Pinterest. Pinterest. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <https://www.pinterest.com/explore/short-poems/>.

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