Cover
About the Series
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. “The Busy Clock": Poetry and the Times of Youth
Chapter 2. “To Bloom in its Own Time”: Gwendolyn Brooks and the Poetic Vision of Very Young Poets
Chapter 3. “My Future Doesn’t Know / ME”: Young Poets and Dynamic Temporality in Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets
Chapter 4. “My Sole Desire is to Move Someone Through Poetry, and Allow for My Voice to be Heard": Young Poets, Children’s Rights, and the Rattle Young Poets Anthology
Chapter 5. “We Speak to Be Heard": June Jordan, Terri Bush, and The Voice of the Children
Conclusion: “Poems are Voiceprints of Language"
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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