Poetry across the curriculum

Poetry offers so many varieties for expressing information and emotions. There are forms and types for every classroom setting, and none have to concern love. Poetry doesn’t even have to rhyme if you choose. Just because poems are not essays, does not mean students don’t have to think when they write. Poems are concise through the best words available for an explanation, they are vivid with imagery, and they challenge the writer to think, plan, create, and analyze. Place poems in a classroom setting every day and you develop student minds so that they become intellectual, descriptive scholars. There are worlds of possibilities for engaging students when you learn how to use poetry across the curriculum. (Pamela Rice-Linn at Bright Hub)

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