“Without poetry, we lose our way.” —Joy Harjo, current U.S. Poet Laureate & Academy of American Poets Chancellor
They also offer an auxiliary LA teaching guide called, “Teach This Poem.” Sign up, and receive a culturally relevant poetry lesson once a week. The lesson includes a curated poem, usually a video, a short essay or activity, and questions or discussion points. Produced for K-12 educators, it is the whole shebang; the complete pie; your one-stop-shopping of poetry adventures.
Even better, Teach this Poem is free and can be adapted to any class size, using homeschool, in-person, hybrid or distance learning.
Our poetry shelf under the stairs, with a basket of candles. Ample choices, ready to be ‘found!’
Whether during school or at the dinner table, expand your circle and make poetry a group thing! Spend time enjoying poetry together – even poems that you love for no particular reason other than they make you happy:
"0 Timballo! How happy we are, When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar, And all night long in the moonlight pale, We sail away with a pea-green sail, In the shade of the mountains brown!"
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Thank you Lynne! My brother and I just started a daily poem commitment, as we drink our coffee or tea we send each other a video of a reading. I didn’t really know where to start and this post inspired me! XO
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That is SO fun! I love hearing that 🙂 What a great idea! xo
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