- A Concrete or Shape Poem - I'm Stuck Inside a Seashell - Jack Prelutsky
- Free Verse or Unrhymed Poem - Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say - Carl Sandburg
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A Student's Poem - I and Me - Carlo Williams, grade 9
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Stump the Teacher - In Response To Executive Order 9066 - Dwight Okita
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My Poem - When I Found Out - Julie McKeown
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International Poet - Waltzing Matilda - Andrew Banjo Barton
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Native American Poet - Empty Kettle - Louis (Little Coon) Oliver
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Asian American Poet - I ask My Mother to Sing - Li-Young Lee
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Naoshi Koriyama - A Loaf of Poetry/Unfolding Bud
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Hispanic/Latino Poet - Confession to Mrs. Robert L. Snow-Gary Soto
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Gary Soto - How Things Work
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African American Poet - Merry-Go-Round - Langston Hughes
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Nonfiction - Lincoln -Nancy Byrd Turner
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Picture Book - I Chased a Dragon Through the Woods - Jack Prelutsky
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Science - A Microscopic Topic -Jack Prelutsky
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Mathematics - Arithmetic - Carl Sandburg
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Social Studies - They Put Me In the Stupid Class - Douglas Florian
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Poem Sung - I'm In a Rotten Mood Today - Jack Prelutsky
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Line Around -Snow - Felice Holeman
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Movement - Boa Constrictor - Shel Silverstein
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Two Groups - I'm Thankful - Jack Prelutsky
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Refrain - Things - Eloise Greenfield
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Lee Bennett Hopkins - Final Score
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Douglas Florian -The Gorilla
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Judith Viorst - Since Hannah Moved Away
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Jack Prelutsky - Nine Mice
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Jack Prelutsky 2 - Louder Than A Clap of Thunder
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Shel Silverstein - The Unicorn
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Arthur Guiterman - On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness/Harvest Home
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Folk Poem - Playmate
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Song Lyrics -How Do You Like Me Now - Toby Keith
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Classic Poetry -How Do I Love Thee - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Mother Goose - Little Miss Muffett
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Picture Book Poem - Clean Your Room Harvey Moon - Pat Cummings