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<v ->Hello, English teachers.</v>

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Charles R. Smith Jr. here,

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winner of the 2025 Award for Poetry from NCTE.

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I'm very proud of the award

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and I feel like since they gave something to me,

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I wanted to give something back.

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So, I created a 30 for 30.

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30 of my favorite poets, 30 of my favorite poems.

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I created both of these lists for teachers

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who may fight it hard teaching poetry.

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If you've never taught it before

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or don't know where to begin,

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all you gotta do is go to either list

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and just pick anything that you so choose.

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We've also included a few questions

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that are designed to help create open-ended discussions.

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Some of the poems I've read since I was a kid,

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some of the poets I still continue to read,

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so I hope you enjoy them.

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