Conversations with a Poet

Written by a practiced poety and author of many books for children and adults, this book explores how to write, read, and teach 16 poetry forms. Part I offers an easy-to-read and thoughtful view of how to teach poetry. Part II includes for each poetry form a brief history, everyday parallels, several original example poems, demonstrations for writing that poetic form, and an extensive bibliograpy. The author links poetry to state standards in an engaging way for teachers and their students.