"Poetry For Teachers (by a teacher) Books 1 and 2" presents a collection of poems that resonate with the everyday experiences of teachers. Each poem reflects the realities of teaching, highlighting ...

Inspired by the success of its Poem-a-Day effort, the Academy of American Poets announced it is launching a new program meant to introduce poetry to the classroom. Beginning September 2, the group’s ...

Recently I spent 10 weeks as a classroom teacher again, after a long hiatus. One night, I stayed late at school to prepare the shelves for our cross-genre reading unit. My six-year-olds were going to ...

Nobody at the Favorite Poem Project’s Summer Poetry Institute is preaching or arguing about the importance of teaching poetry in school. Nobody has to. Teachers have come from 13 states to spend the ...

(CBS) - I love poetry. I remember staying up late at night to catch Russell Simmon's "Def Poetry" and just being blown away by the power of the spoken word. Which leads us to this amazing poem about ...

Joanna Fox, a creative writing teacher at Booker Middle School, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Penguin Random House and received the publisher's Maya Angelou Teacher Award for Poetry. Fox ...

MANKATO — Richard Meyer has never been a prolific writer, describing himself instead as sporadic. “I can’t force myself to sit down and force a poem to come,” said the Mankato author. “I have to begin ...