It can be hard to know which poems will spur your middle and high schoolers into deep, meaningful discussion and which will leave them yawning. So we asked experienced teachers to share their favorite poems—the ones that always get a reaction, even from teens. Here’s what they had to s...
he is also constructing a honeycomb of really cracking stand-alone poems – where content, and form cohere. He doesn’t tend toward end-stopped lines with clear rhyme, but dynamic poems driven along
Poetry fits them Rhyme has a reason for these seventh graders who put favorite poems on shirtsMarie C. Franklin, Contributing Reporter
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Rhythm and rhyme: a few selections to help youngsters celebrate poetry month.(The Entrance Place of Wonders: Poems of the Harlem Renaissance, Jimi and Me, Jazz A B Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, Visiting Langston, Hush, Little Baby, ...