One of the contemporary poems that we did not go over in class, but that I really enjoyed is "The History Teacher" by Billy Collin...

One of my favorite poems from the packet that we did not go over in class was A Song in the Front Yard by Gwendolyn Brooks. I like this poem...

When looking for a song to put as poetry last week, I had a really difficult time. I found myself scrolling through my iTunes library lookin...

I don't know anyone who doesn't like Dr. Seuss books. Most kids, in my experience at least, learned to read with Dr. Seuss books. Te...

After going through and analyzing or at least reading most of the poems in our packet, I decided my favorite and most memorable is The Histo...

When asked to pick my favorite poem, I had to admit to myself that outside of the poems we read in the packet, I didn't know many poems ...

Referring to the discussion we had in class where some argued that today's music has no poetic value because of its repetitive verse and...

It's really easy to make a superficial appraisal of poetry as a whole.  "I hate poetry," half the people you talk to will sa...

Cage the Elephant is a band from Kentucky. Their lyrics  and musical style are both very unique. The song "Around My Head," off of...

After four years at this high school, I have become accustomed to the annual poetry unit in English. It hasn't always been a favorite un...

One of my favorite poems that was in our poetry packet was sadly one that we didn't reserve time to analyze together as a class. After c...

My favorite poem from the poetry packet is Traveling through the Dark by William E. Stafford. Its power lies in its ability to reveal the p...

 Heading into college, I hope to have my own radio show where I play common/well known music, but have one show every week or two that is st...

Last week when we defended songs as poetry, I felt obligated to write about a modern song because Mr. Heidkamp asserted that music has been ...

A lot of people I know shy away from the thought of poetry.  Poetry can be sad, depressing, complicated, and impossible to decipher. However...

People often judge you immediately when a person says, "I don't like poetry". They think, she's unintelligent, she has few...

The more we study poetry the more it becomes apparent to me that there are two ways of reading it: one as literature and one as art. I thin...

Poetry allows people to express emotions, experiences, and basically anything they feel like in a creative way and share their thoughts with...

Okay, so this topic might be only tangentially related to poetry, but I think it's something that needs to be addressed.  We all have us...

Coldplay has been revered for its popular music and meaningful songs for the last decade and a half. When we had to find a song and argue th...