by Ken Bui Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” is an uplifting poem centered around a mother imparting wisdom and advice to her son. It’s abo...

by Don Kemball One of my favourite poems to use early in the year with students is the Roger Stevens poem, “ I did not eat the goldfish ”. ...

by Allison Marchetti One of the greatest lessons we can give our young writers is to pay attention. Nature walks, writer’s notebooks, guid...

by John Waite I enjoy sharing the poem "white dove—found outside Don Teriyaki’s" by Juan Felipe Herrara with my students. It ...

by Joel Garza I’m something of a romantic--that is, when it comes to poetry. I am drawn most quickly, most deeply to those poems that s...

by Oona Marie Abrams Poem imitations are gateway writing experiences, in which student poets borrow the bones of a poem’s structure, but...

by Molly Rickert Part of what make's Ada Limon's poem "The Conditional" exceptional is its use of figurative language, ...

by Rita Kenefic Many students have difficulty identifying  the various figures of speech. The lyrics to the song, " April, Come She...

by Zachary Sibel This year I wanted to try something new when it came to teaching poetry, so I made a strange connection. I thought about...

by Rama Janamanchi One of my favorite poems to teach is Joseph Legaspi’s “Amphibians.” It is a short poem which offers so many avenues ...

by Brett Vogelsinger Sometimes students appreciate opening up the definition of what makes a poem. Grant Snider, creator of Incidental C...

by Brett Vogelsinger I use this image, created on Wordle , to project a wordcloud of the language from the poem "Turtle" by ...

by Drew Sterner  My class reads the poem  "My Father's Tie Rack"   by Joan Larkin twice -- once aloud and the second time ...