by Jessica Sherburn Patrick Kindig’s poem "Gum Patrick ” is a humorous and relatable exploration of how even the smallest details -- in...

by Drew Sterner As I typically do with poetry, we look at it twice. I will often have students read it first to themselves and jot down thei...

by Rama Janamanchi This year, with masks, social distancing, and other barriers that we have separating us, Richard Blanco’s poem “One Today...

 by Nate Harris I recently taught a lesson to my sophomores that centered around Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” as it relates to Loraine Hansbe...

by Angela Stockman Recently, Abigail Lund shared this wonderful post intended to help writing teachers bring stop motion video making into ...

by Nawal Qarooni Sometimes when we read poetry, we leave with simply a feeling. The words feel less about meaning and more about emotion; th...

 by Brett Vogelsinger A confession:  I am not a huge Walt Whitman fan.   I mean, I love Dead Poets Society , and therefore "O Captain, ...

by Carol Jago Traditional forms may at first glance seem like a straight jacket for poetic expression. They can also be useful structures th...