Poet Laureate Ted Kooser in Syracuse
"Community Life in Poetry"
a year of poetry, a day of celebration, a constant community voice

Poetry in Schools

Find out about Syracuse City Schools Laureate Teams.

Read about Poetry Partnerships with poets in residence in Central New York schools.

Read abstracts of the Poetry Partnerships.

Read about the poetry partnerships at Indian River High School, Shea Middle School, and East Middle School, and Fitzhugh School.

Central New York poetry partnerships will showcase their work on June 15th. 

See a list of poets with links to poems on our website.

Find out about professional development opportunites for teachers using poetry in the classroom.

Read poems by Cicero-North Syracuse High School students from their February 8 Barnes & Noble reading.

See a list of the teaching artist faculty for poetry school residencies.

The National Endowment for the Arts' Poetry Out Loud invites the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word, and theatre into the English class.

Read a recollection of Poetpourri, Jr., an annual poetry contest for elementary students in the Syracuse City School district, by the former editor of the Comstock Review.

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