Poetry Forum

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  What has been your most successful activity for teaching a poem?
  Created by cybil on Jun 1, 2008.
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  Poems that simply confound you?
  Created by kwoo1213 on May 4, 2008.
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  What's in YOUR pocket?
  Created by amethystrose on Apr 8, 2008.
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  Poetry Swap Meet
  Created by jamie-wheeler on Apr 5, 2008.
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  Who's your favorite poet to teach?
  Created by cybil on Apr 5, 2008.
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  But I Hate Poetry!
  Created by jamie-wheeler on Apr 4, 2008.
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  Poems Memorized?
  Created by jamie-wheeler on Apr 4, 2008.
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  What Do You Enjoy About Poetry?
  Created by jamie-wheeler on Apr 4, 2008.
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  What Makes a Good Poem?
  Created by jamie-wheeler on Apr 4, 2008.

Newest Posts

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  I like Coleridge's "the best words in the best order."  In longer pieces such as...
  Posted by timbrady on Jul 20, 2008.
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  Poetry connects to the deep collective unconscious which responds to the vibrations of...
  Posted by symboltalk on Jul 20, 2008.
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  Greetings to all ~ I'm here at the Conference on Poetry and Teaching at Frost Place in New...
  Posted by cybil on Jul 1, 2008.
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  When I teach poetry in college, we color code. The students must always use 5 different colors to...
  Posted by reidalot on Jun 12, 2008.
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  Thank you all so much for these great suggestions! I feel rejuvenated and inspired, and I can...
  Posted by cybil on Jun 11, 2008.
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  As much as I love the flow and the sound of the poem "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" by...
  Posted by lequam on Jun 10, 2008.
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  I have had great success with having my students create a visual representation of the poem.  I...
  Posted by lequam on Jun 10, 2008.
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  I have also had great success with the Song Lyric Poetry Exercise described by kwoo1213.  A...
  Posted by jilllessa on Jun 7, 2008.
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  I love doing a "Song Lyrics Poetry Exercise."  Students bring in lyrics from a song...
  Posted by kwoo1213 on Jun 2, 2008.
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  In reply to #5: What a great idea!  I will keep that in mind for the future for my freshmen!
  Posted by amethystrose on Jun 2, 2008.
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  Poetry is so visual.  I like getting kids to see and connect with the images poets use to convey...
  Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 2, 2008.
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  One of my colleagues has an interesting lesson plan. Each semester, she has a "coffee...
  Posted by linda-allen on Jun 1, 2008.
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  This last semester, I did a poetry unit where we started out by reading a variety of poems from...
  Posted by malibrarian on Jun 1, 2008.
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  My kids seem to like the free-verse color connotation poem (I know, it's a mouthful!).  I have...
  Posted by amethystrose on Jun 1, 2008.
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  I'm going to attend a conference on teaching poetry later this summer, and I'm to bring with me...
  Posted by cybil on Jun 1, 2008.