How to Teach Poetry
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First it is learned:
Haikus, Lymrics, Ballads.
Then it is read:
Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost.
Last it is recited:
"Sonnett 116," " Broken Promises," "Dulce et Decroum est."
It becomes written in cards:
Birthdays, Mother's days, Get Well Soons.
It becomes scribbled in notbeooks:
Out of boredom, sadness, love.
And finally it becomes crafted:
To bring peace to hearts, insight to memories, thoughts to life.