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Favorite poems for 8th graders?


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I would like to do a poem-of-the-day this year with my 8th grade daughter (to read out loud together).  My exposure to poems is woefully lacking, though, so I don't have a wealth of favorite poems to draw on.  (For that reason, I am looking forward to getting more poetry exposure, too.)

 

Any suggestions for poems, poets, or resources (e.g., compilations)?  Thanks!  

 

ETA: I did order the book 100 Best-Loved Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) as a starting point.

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Are religious poems ok?

 

I love The Donkey, by Chesterton--it's good for Palm Sunday/Holy Week

 

ETA--I quoted the poem but had to take it out. Just google it--it's a lovely, short poem with a nice surprise twist.
 
I found Living Memory, by Drew Campbell, to be a really good resource. It's on sale this week at that self-publishing website (Lulu or something?)
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I will add a few random good ones and then will follow this thread.  I am collecting poems for a year of study as well.

 

The Charge of the Light Brigade - Tennyson

The Daffodils - Wordsworth

Not in Vain - Dickenson

Paul Revere's Ride - Longfellow

Plant a Tree - Larcom

If - Kipling

The Raven - Poe

She Walks in Beauty - Byron

Sonnet 91 - Shakespeare

Solitude - Wheeler Wilcox

The Spider and the Fly - Howitt

The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven - Carryl

 

 

 

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