What Role Does Poetry Play in Your Life?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.How do you feel when you read a poem? Does it make a difference if you have to read a poem for school rather than for pleasure? Do you ever seek out poems on your own or share poems on social media?In “How Poetry Shakes Up the National Desk’s…
Find Poetry in the Pages of a Newspaper
These days, people are turning to art or poetry while stuck at home, because they want to feel something other than being at home. One way to feel something different and exciting is to craft a found poem.Rita Dove, a former United States poet laureate, said that poetry is “the bones and the skeleton of…
Can Poetry Make a Difference in Our Lives and in the World?
How important is poetry in your life? Do you read or write it? Do you ever turn to poems when you are feeling lost or overwhelmed? When you need comfort or direction?Do you think poetry has the power to make a difference — in our individual lives and in the world?In the guest essay “How…
