Take your students to one of the world's largest literary celebrations without leaving the classroom! April is National Poetry Month, and with these five rousing poems from around the globe, you can ignite your students' imaginations and turn National Poetry Month into an international affair.
Dominican poet Frank Báez has violent encounters with cops and fans in "Self-Portrait." Above, Báez recites the poem in Spanish
Japan's Nomura Kiwao tries to get back to nature but finds himself at the mall in "Riverwilt"
April is National Poetry Month, and here at WWB Campus, we're diving into poetry from the Caribbean. Here are five reading recommendations from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Martinique, all available in both English and their original languages:
A bench in a Parisian park. By M_Max. License: CC BY 2.0.
“Yes, Sybille, I would like you to back off . . .”
I didn’t allow myself to actually say it. But I really would have preferred it if she just went her own way. I needed to walk alone awhile and think.
In a captivating story in the April 2020 "Children's Literature" issue of Words Without Borders, a boy from Taiwan growing up in France struggles to understand racism.
If you’ve ever been new to a school, and wondered where you might sit at lunch, you’ll resonate with Sandrine Kao’s lively story “The Park Bench,” translated by Jane Roffe. So will your students!
