All kinds of poetry can be therapeutic during difficult times,
but the following poetry books for young people particularly
focus on coping with disability, illness, homelessness, and
death. The list begins: Adoff, Arnold. 2000. Touch the Poem. New
York: Blue Sky Press. Akaza, Norihisa. 1994. Smell of the Rain,
Voices of the Stars. Orlando: Harcourt Brace. Abeel, Samantha.
2001. Reach for the Moon. New York: Orchard Books. Bartlett,
Jennifer; Black, Sheila and Northen, Michael. Eds. 2011. Beauty
is a Verb; The New Poetry of Disability. El Paso, TX: Cinco
Puntos Press. Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. 2007. Frida: Viva la
Frida = Long Live Life. New York: Marshall Cavendish. For more
details, get your copy of The Poetry Teacher’s Book of Lists.
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