1st Edition
Teach This Poem, Volume II Equality for All
Foreword by Alberto Ríos
Introduction by Madeleine Fuchs Holzer
Chapter 1 One Nation Out of Many
Introduction
“Ode to Sequoyah” by Alexander Posey
“Kumulipo” by Queen Liliʻuokalani
“The Buttonhook” by Mary Jo Salter
“Amphibians” by Joseph O. Legaspi
“Lines Breaking” by José B. González
“América” by Richard Blanco
“Kissing in Vietnamese” by Ocean Vuong
“The Dream of Shoji” by Kimiko Hahn
“Red Brocade” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Senior Discount” by Ali Liebegott
“Girls on the Town, 1946” by Rita Dove
“Haircut” by Elizabeth Alexander
“Crossing” by Jericho Brown
“Maps” by Yesenia Montilla
“Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo
“Survival Guide” by Joy Ladin
Chapter 2 The Pursuit of Equality
Introduction
“Lesson VIII: Map of North America” by Elizabeth Bradfield
“They Don’t Love You Like I Love You” by Natalie Diaz
“Declaration” by Tracy K. Smith
“Dirt” by Kwame Dawes
“Making History” by Marilyn Nelson
“won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
“Black Laws” by Roger Reeves
“Imagine” by Kamilah Aisha Moon
“When Fannie Lou Hamer Said” by Mahogany L. Browne
“The Cabbage Butterfly” by Minnie Bruce Pratt
“Things We Carry on the Sea” by Wang Ping
“Poem for the Poorest Country in the Western Hemisphere” by Danielle Legros Georges
“A New National Anthem” by Ada Limón
“Miss Mary Mack Introduces Her Wings” by Tyree Day
“I Want the Wide American Earth” by Carlos Bulosan
“A House Called Tomorrow” by Alberto Ríos
Chapter 3 Afterword by Major Jackson
Chapter 4 Glossary of Poetic Terms
Types of Feet in Poetry
Types of Meters in Poetry
Four Examples of Quatrains in Poetry
Seven Examples of Repetition in Poetry
Types of Stanzas in Poetry
Poet Biographies
Credits
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Author Biography
Biography
Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the nation’s leading champion of American poets and poetry, with members in all fifty states. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.
Madeleine Fuchs Holzer was the Inaugural Educator in Residence at the Academy of American Poets, where she curated and created Teach this Poem. She has taught at high school and university levels, and has been an arts-in-education administrator. Her poetry and essays have appeared in several literary journals.
