I need a poem for a 2nd grade to recite that has to do with celebrating culture.

Question:I would prefer American or African American culture, but Hispanic or a poem about how america is diverse but we all have one culture would be great too

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I would prefer American or African American culture, but Hispanic or a poem about how america is diverse but we all have one culture would be great too

Those other poems sounds good, BUT I don't think they're age appropiate. I would personally reccomend that you choose something by famed child poet, Shel Silverstein.

"Motto" by Langston Hughes is one of my favorite poems:

I play it cool and dig all jive.
That's the reason I stay alive.
My motto as I live and learn
Is dig and be dug in return.

One of the most culturally significant American poems of the 20th century is "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. That's the one that starts;

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by
madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negr0 streets at dawn
looking for an angry fix,"

If you read that poem out, I guarantee you, you're teachers will be blown away!

I know I would be.

Try using a lot of nouns.