by Zachary Sibel As an English teacher, I find myself asking, “How do I get students to appreciate the classics?” Steven Lynn says...

by Joy Kirr I was first introduced to the poem “ My Papa’s Waltz ” by Theodore Roethke when Michael W. Smith (co-author of Literary Elem...

by Jeff Anderson After reading aloud the poem "Flame" by C. D. Wright twice, students look at it’s structure with the poem dis...

by Brett Vogelsinger The poem "In Two Seconds" is longer than most poems we use in a poem a day activity, but it is also relevan...

by Jason Stephenson What can poetry do? Many of my students initially think that poetry can rhyme and not much more. Once I’ve introduce...

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

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April 2017, this event blog will present a poem and a "springboard" into a discussion, acti...