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TEEN HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY

Spotlight Poet
Rumi
Author of the Spiritual Verses, a sixty-four thousand line epic, the ancient poet Rumi was discovered as a teenager by a teacher who recognized him as "a great spirit"...

Spotlight Poem
Acrobat
by Elise Paschen
The night you were conceived / we balanced underneath a tent, // amazed at the air-marveler..."

Spotlight Video
A Fundamental Art
by Robert Pinsky

Spotlight Essay
More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees: A Closer Look at Writing Haibun
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
"Haibun combines a prose poem with a haiku. The haiku usually ends the poem as a sort of whispery and insightful postscript..."

FROM THE POETRY STORE

Walt Whitman Ruled Notebook
By Walt Whitman

This classic ruled notebook is inscribed with Whitman's poetry: "This hour I tell things in confidence, / I might not tell everybody but I will tell you."

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Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets: 100 Poems to Rip Out & Read

This innovative format features 100 poems for young poets—designed to be torn right out of the book and put into your, or your friend's, pocket.

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Poetry Speaks Who I Am

A definitive anthology for younger poets, featuring poems and historic recordings. Includes a bound-in audio CDs of poets reading their own work.

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