by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
“One of the toughest tasks for educators teaching young writers is to get them to see that poetry is everywhere in our lives….The “site” of the Work Poem is a good place to engage young writers to focus on a specific subject matter and to encourage them to explore the...
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
An international and historical overview of poetry contests and improvisation.
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
A detailed description of poetry slams and the pros and cons of hosting them with young people in a classroom.
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
“‘What are the blues?’ Well, as Louis Armstrong said about jazz, cousin to the blues, ‘Man, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know.’” That said, folklorists, Amanda Dargan and Steve Zeitin provide a brief history of blues poetry—with examples.
by divinw | Aug 12, 2021
The Handbook of Poetic Forms published by Teachers & Writers Collaborative regards a ‘found poem’ as a piece of writing that was not intended as a poem, but is desclared to be by its ‘finder.’ Poetry can be ‘found’ in everything from newspaper articles, store...
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