Art can help us make sense of the world, and these moving poems about life offer a better understanding of the ups and downs ...

One of the poems uses all 12 words, including "dimpsy" and "mardy", and will be read out on BBC radio. The Oxford English Dictionary will include some of the words for the first time in its next ...

Educators are conscious of the value of exposing students to great works of poetry, but the teaching of poetry often lacks a ...

With nonsense verse, he shows us that poems don't even have to make sense, and by playing with words (and even inventing some yourself ... be relevant for teaching English at primary school.

Complex and often unpredictable spelling rules mean that some words sound the same way ... Homophones are a fun little quirk ...

I Hate Parties is a collection of 50 poems on Jes Battis' experiences of being queer, autistic and nonbinary. Focusing on the ...

We want all of our students to learn to wrestle with the complex interpretive challenges that literature poses and to become, in the words of Henry James, people “upon whom nothing is lost.” The ...

Positivity in poetry. It's one of the ideas behind a poetry program for youth in custody in Utah's juvenile justice system. Youth learn to express themselves and pick up other life skills along the ...

Poet Joseph Coelho explores the benefits and limitations of rhyme in poetry. Using examples ... first brainstorming words and phrases, then, using some of these to form some couplets which could ...

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Friday, September 20, 2024, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, ...

The poetry in his work really stands out. It could also be that I was attuned to hearing his lyrics because I recently read ...

When Swift told us, on The Tortured Poets Department, that she was no Patti Smith, she meant that she wasn’t a groundbreaking ...