I’m constantly on the hunt for novels-in-verse, anthologies, and other types of poetry books that teens will find addictive and accessible, especially now that so many marginalized voices are finally being represented more in print. I recently asked some of my wisest teacher friends to recommend their favorite poetry books on Instagram, and here’s what they said! ...

Sure... in an ideal world, we would do all kinds of activities with poetry (if not a poetry unit , a poetry slam , or even a poem-of-the-week system). But this year, due to some scheduling issues, I had much less time than usual to celebrate National Poetry Month. Like, a lot less . ...