by Brett Vogelsinger Sports provide abundant space for words.  The sports fans in our classroom often read and listen to more analysis than...

by Brett Vogelsinger Gabriel Fried's poem, "Twilight Field" establishes a delightfully creepy mood with simple langauge and ...

by Brett Vogelsinger Teens have an complicated relationship with poetry.  On one hand, we have some students pouring their hearts out in...

by Michelle Ambrosini When I have paired a poem with another poem or with an image, my seventh grade students have shared prolific respons...

by Brett Vogelsinger poem "Rhapsody" is an early twentieth-century poem in the form that fits nearly everyone's preconceptio...

by Jeff Anderson Poetry has the capacity to help us see what is common through new eyes.  Before reading the poem "You Can't H...

by Brett Vogelsinger The repetition of grammatical structures, known as parallelism, works especially well for poets because it establishe...

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

by Tracy Enos Whenever I bring a piece of writing to a class, I always ask the same two questions: What do you notice? What stands out ...

by Brett Vogelsinger Our class reads the poem "Coming Home at Twilight in the Late Summer" by Jane Kenyon twice (like every ...