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Poetry for the Planet Choice Board

Yellow for younger writers, blue for older writers, green for all.

Download a PDF to print with nine options →

Create a palette for your poem

Outline of butterfly with detail on green background.

Paint a poem from your personal connection to nature

Painted handprints on blue background.

Let animals inspire a nature poem

Gold icon with dark gray chipmunk.

Craft a poem using gathered nature

Gold icon with oak leaf, pine cone, and berries in dark gray.

Find poetry “sparks” by National Park Service Rangers

Ranger hat on green circle background.

Let nature inspire and try a Haiku

Green icon with dark gray jumping trout outline.

Watch the sun rise or set

Green icon with outline of sun setting over ocean and seagulls outlined against the sun.

Be inspired by The Earth is A Living Thing by Lucille Clifton

Outline of buffalo set against setting sun with pine trees on either side on blue circle background.

Notice the contrasts around you

A nose, ear, eye, and tongue on blue circle background.

Go for a walk and create a found poem

Human footprints on gold circle background.

Write a multiple-voice spoken word poem

Green icon with outline of two birds sitting on branch in dark gray.

Write “to the landscape around you” with Ada Limón’s You Are Here Project

Outline of earth on green circle background.

Write Out began in 2018 and was developed through a cooperative agreement between the National Writing Project (NWP) and the National Park Service. NWP focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation’s educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. Visit www.nwp.org or email us at nwp@nwp.org.

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