in collaboration with the poetry coalition, 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 “Institute on Poetry & Praxis” workshops, hosted by Academy of American Poets Laureate fellows 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!