the National Youth Poet Laureate Program has published a virtual anthology of Poetry & Shelter themed poems.

These poems have been written over summer 2025 at our youth poet laureate “Institute on Poetry & Praxis” workshops, hosted by Poet Laureates Traci Brimhall, Jason Magabo Perez, Jaki Shelton Green, and Alison Pelegrin!

below, 20 Youth poets laureate from across the country take up issues of “home/land,” place, identity and safety. Happy reading!