October and November 2015 Poetry Reading Ladder –November 2nd to December 5th
In Order of Least to Most Recent
- Hands- Sarah Kay
- The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire- Sarah Kay
- Point B (If I Should Have a Daughter)- Sarah Kay
- Barbie Doll- Marge Piercy
- A Summer Dream- Archibald Lampman
- Winter Evening- Archibald Lampman
- Because I Could not Stop for Death- Emily Dickenson
- The Darkling Thrush- Thomas Hardy
- Still I Rise- Maya Angelou
- Touched by an Angel- Maya Angelou
- Caged Bird- Maya Angelou
- Alone- Maya Angelou
- Phenomenal Woman- Maya Angelou
- Mid-Term Break- Seamus Heaney
- Blackberry Picking- Seamus Heaney
- North- Seamus Heaney
- Two Poems in Dedication- Seamus Heaney
- Digging– Seamus Heaney
- The Grauballe Man– Seamus Heaney
- Twice Shy– Seamus Heaney
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear- Rabindranath Tagore
- Freedom- Rabindranath Tagore
- The Starry Night- Anne Sexton
- If- Rudyard Kipling
- Hiroshima– Sarah Kay
- Annabel Lee– Edgar Allan Poe
- When Love Arrives– Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye
- How Falling In Love is Like Owning a Dog– Taylor Mali
- We Teach Life, Sir– Rafeef Ziadah
- To This Day– Shane Koyczan
- Troll– Shane Koyczan
- The Crickets Have Arthritis– Shane Koyczan
- Shoulders—Shane Koyczan
- More Often Than Sometimes– Shane Koyczan
- Where– Shane Koyczan
- Shrinking Woman– Lily Myers
- When I Die– Rumi
- Changing the World, One Word at a Time– Belissa Escobedo, Rhiannon McGavin, and Zariya Allen
- To The Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter- Jesse Parent
- Remember How We Forgot- Shane Koyczan
- Mathematics- Hollie McNish
- Cupcakes or Scones- Hollie McNish
- Knock Knock- Daniel Beaty
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/>.