Instructional Video2:25
Poetry Foundation

Sam Rush reads "After the moonshine I awake beside a fern"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Sam Rush (they/them) reads their poem, "After the moonshine I awake beside a fern
Instructional Video1:32
Poetry Foundation

Mike Rugnetta reads from Rilke's Book of Hours

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Mike Rugnetta reads from Rilke's Book of Hours.
Instructional Video1:10
Poetry Foundation

Jose Hernandez Diaz reads "The Fall"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Jose Hernandez Diaz reads "The Fall" by Russell Edson.
Instructional Video2:34
Poetry Foundation

Jayme Ringleb reads "My Husband, Lost in the Wild"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Jayme Ringleb reads his poem "My Husband, Lost in the Wild
Instructional Video2:23
Poetry Foundation

Heems reads "Portrait of the alcoholic three weeks sober"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Heems reads Kaveh Akbar's poem "Portrait of the alcoholic three weeks sober
Instructional Video0:58
Poetry Foundation

Hari Kondabolu reads "Ticker"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Hari Kondabolu reads a poem written by his brother, Ashok Kondabolu aka Dapwell, titled "Ticker
Instructional Video2:26
Poetry Foundation

Eloisa Amezcua reads "The Unbosoming"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Eloisa Amezcua reads Olena Kalytiak Davis's poem, "The Unbosoming
Instructional Video1:34
Poetry Foundation

Edgar Kunz reads “Scheherazade”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Edgar Kunz reads Richard Siken's poem, “Scheherazade”.
Instructional Video2:12
Poetry Foundation

Blas Falconer reads "Like Jesus to the Crows"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Blas Falconer reads "Like Jesus to the Crows" a poem by Vievee Francis.
Instructional Video2:04
Poetry Foundation

Ben Purkert reads “Silhouettes”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Ben Purkert reads Kien Lam's poem, “Silhouettes”.
Instructional Video2:48
Poetry Foundation

Amber Tamblyn reads "An Attempt at Jealousy" by Marina Tsvetaeva

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Amber Tamblyn (she/her/hers) reads Marina Tsvetaeva's poem, “An Attempt at Jealousy
Instructional Video1:53
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bob Greenberg - 'On the Other Side of the Door' by Jeff Moss

Higher Ed
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher.



In 1969, Jeff Moss became the first head writer, composer and lyricist for Sesame Street. He would...
Instructional Video0:51
Curated Video

Grandpa Gramps - Introduction

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Introduction to Grandpa Gramps and his album of nonsense poems.
Instructional Video2:36
Poetry Foundation

Muggs Fogarty reads "You're so shy, Sex Camel"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Muggs Fogarty (they/them) reads their poem, "You're so shy, Sex Camel
Instructional Video2:08
Poetry Foundation

José Olivarez reads "I Loved the World So I Married It"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
José Olivarez reads his poem I Loved the World So I Married It.
Instructional Video1:43
Poetry Foundation

Jos Charles reads “LVII. [tonite I wuld luv to rite]”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Jos Charles reads her poem “LVII. [tonite I wuld luv to rite]”.
Instructional Video1:47
Poetry Foundation

Erika Meitner reads "At Thirty" by Lynda Hull

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Erika Meitner (she/her/hers) reads the poem, "At Thirty" by Lynda Hull.
Instructional Video1:46
Poetry Foundation

Adrian Matejka reads “Seven Days of Falling”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Adrian Matejka reads his poem, “Seven Days of Falling”.
Instructional Video5:41
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ashley Gong - National Student Poet

Higher Ed
Ashley Gong, age 15, of Sandy Hook, CT is a junior at Newtown High School. She grew up surrounded by language, as her parents, first generation immigrants, would often read Chinese poems to her when she was a toddler. Despite this early...
Instructional Video9:12
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Australia | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Australia | POEM<br/>
Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen.
Instructional Video3:30
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Buy Me A Banana | SONG | Sonsense Nongs

Pre-K - 5th
Buy Me A Banana | SONG | Sonsense Nongs<br/>
Song performed by Mi<br/>chael Rosen
Michael Rosen shows once again why he's known for being able to tune into exactly the kind of humour that makes children fall<br/> about with laughter.
Instructional Video5:38
Oxford Comma

Pure Pessimism? A Reading, Summary, and Analysis of Crane's "A Man Said to the Universe"

9th - 12th
Though he lived a short life, Stephen Crane had an undeniable and lasting influence on Realism and Naturalism. <br<br/>/>

"A Man Said to the Universe" epitomizes a theme that shows up in many of works: pessimism.
Instructional Video3:08
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Throw It Out The Window | SONG | Sonsense Nongs - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Throw It Out The Window | SONG | Sonsense Nongs - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen<br/>
Throw It Out<br/> The Window
Song perf<br/>ormed by Michael Rosen
Instructional Video3:04
Poetry Foundation

Sumita Chakraborty reads “As from a Quiver of Arrows”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Sumita Chakraborty reads Carl Phillip's poem “As from a Quiver of Arrows