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Poetry

Poetry 1-2-3, Easy as Writing About a Tree!

February 10, 2010

There is really no “rhyme or reason” on how to write a good poem. Most people think of poetry as short creative pieces with rhythm, stanzas or some musical flow. However, many strong poems are written that do not rhyme at all. The Haiku poem is a great example of this.
My love of poetry started [...]

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Poetic Pain: Teaching Poetry to High Schoolers

January 8, 2010

Image by Micheo via Flickr

During the holidays, I met up with a longtime friend who, like me, teaches high school English. He told me that he was going to be teaching a semester-long poetry class at his school, and he asked if I had any suggestions. Here’s what I said:
Pick poems that you like. I [...]

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Comma Chameleon

June 6, 2008

Yes, the title is reminiscent of the only song by Culture Club that I can stand, but it fits the topic so….thank you Boy George?
Part of the beauty and frustration of the English language is that it is constantly changing. Not only does this relate to morphemes and phonemes but it applies to punctuation [...]

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