The following poems in Spanish and English are appropriate for young people.
lesson plans with poems in spanish and english
“Un mujer duerme en una isla/A Woman Sleeps on an Island” by Marjorie Agosín
“Despedida/Farewell” by Francisca Aguirre
“John Correia, mi maestro de química/John Correia, My College Chemistry Teacher” by Jorge H. Aigla
“Tardes/ Afternoons” by Jorge H. Aigla
“En un barrio de Los Ángeles/In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles” by Francisco X. Alarcón
“Naturaleza criminal/ Natural Criminal” by Francisco X. Alarcón
“Translation for Mamá” by Richard Blanco
“Como Tú/Like You” by Roque Dalton
“Todos volvemos al lugar donde nacimos/We All Return to the Place Where We Were Born” by Oscar Gonzales
“Centroamérica en el corazón/ Central America in My Heart” by Oscar Gonzales
“Versos a la luna/Verses to the Moon” by Luis Carlos López, translated by William George Williams
“Arbolé, arbolé/Tree, tree” by Federico García Lorca
“Os doy mi corazón/ I Give You My Heart” by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
“Elegía al cisne/Swan’s Elegy” by Jaime Manrique
“Imágenes/Images” by Jaime Manriqu
“Flora Numérica/ Numeric Flora” by Mara Pastor, translated by María José Giménez
“Cantos a Berenice, II/Songs to Berenice, II” by Olga Orozco
“La nevada es silenciosa/ The Snowfall Is So Silent” by Olga Orozco, translated by Robert Bly
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