poetry

Stressed or Unstressed? No Stress

It’s a kind of academic rite of passage to get confused about scanning a line of poetry. It can feel maddening to figure out what...

6 Poems to Read Out Loud

Over the years, I’ve grown to love reading certain poems out loud, so here’s a list of my favorites ...

How Students Come to Love Poetry

It’s a good time to read and listen to poetry. It’s a very good time to write poetry.

The Sounds of Literature

Reading literature out loud to my students is one of my favorite things about teaching. It reminds me of when I was a child, and my mother w

Literary Immersion

Immersion, however you define it, is the main objective of all art, and all living.

The Value of a Metaphor

The metaphor transforms the world by saying what isn’t.

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General Education and ELA Teachers