Poems by Adolescents and Adults: A Thematic Collection for Middle School and High School

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Summary: An impressive compendium of more than 100 poems
Review: Collaboratively compiled and edited by James Brewbaker and Dawnelle J. Hyland, Poems By Adolescents And Adults: A Thematic Collection For Middle School And High School is an impressive compendium of more than 100 poems written by students in grades 5 to 12 (who were drawn from 26 American states and British Columbia), as well as 40 pieces by adults, including classroom teachers who have been published in "English Journal", as well as famous writers such as William Stafford and Nikki Giovanni. Touching on themes from family life to peer pressure, school problems, social issues, love, and imaginings of the future, Poems By Adolescents And Adults is a highly readable anthology for private perusal or classroom instruction. Sweep Me Clean: In the beginning they helped me escape my problems/They became an overruling enemy/I became like a fiend/I was their feeble prisoner/My body felt disgustingly dirty inside/I needed to be cleaned too often/I attempted to sweep out the dirtiness/Many different brooms were used/I had to replenish myself everyday/My mind seemed to be going astray/Due to the fact that I brushed myself/A very wrong way Elena Rente, 9th Grade, Little Flower Academy, Vancouver, British Columbia.