Using Poetry: Posting Poetry Everywhere

We missed posting a suggestion yesterday. So we’re posting two today from Teaching with Heart  — under the category:

Post Poetry Everywhere: At Home, in the Office, on Desks, on the Wall…

Using Poetry: Suggestion #2

Melissa Madenski, a middle school writing teacher, wrote of the simple pleasure in giving something with no expectation of return: “I’ve written poems on napkins and left them for waiters, or tucked a poem in a library book for someone else to find. I invite students to write a poem in the sand next time they’re at the beach. In China, poets write poems on concrete with water. When the water dries off the pavement, the poem is gone.”

Using Poetry: Suggestion #3

Angela Peery, a high school English teacher, keeps a framed copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Success” in her office and a refrigerator magnet of it at home. She said it is one of her favorite poems for when she’s feeling down about teaching.

What are your ideas for using poetry?

Remember, if you have any suggestions, please let us know by commenting here or sending them to teachingwithheartfirepoetry@gmail.com.  Thanks!