This compilation is a partial national list of poets, as well as some fiction writers and playwrights, who are willing to work with high-school-age or younger students in the schools. The directory is divided into three sections: I. Alphabetical listing of poets; II. Alphabetical listing by state (except New York, which also has a listing for New…

The anthology is intended to be a discovery for the many Americans whose superficial knowledge of the American Indians has been derived from history books, Hollywood films, and other stereotyped views of the Indian culture. Understanding and appreciation of a particular culture can be found in the stories and poetry of the people. This small…

Describes a technique for stimulating student interest in poetry by having each student use multisensory approaches to show classmates the value of a favorite poet. (DD)

An annotated list of ERIC documents which deal with Poets in the Schools programs and with teaching poetry and creative writing. (DD)

David Holbrook urges teachers to encourage students to do creative, imaginative writing. (DD)

Narrates the story of how one teacher introduced a class to the drama of poetry. (DD)

Analyses of three poems establish the presence of diminishing and building designs in the form and content of the poems. (DD)

Discusses use of the poem in literature classes. (AA)

Describes how Wordsworth's "The Last of the Flock" was taught in an English literature course as a poem, but also as a means of understanding unemployment and how it affects people emotionally. (SRT)

Examines the images of women in the poetry of Randall Jarrell, focusing on poems portraying women with little chance of true fulfillment in traditional roles as wives and mothers, and who lose what status they have through the inevitable loss of sexual attractiveness. (DMM)

Relates the experiences of a tenth grader as she has grown up keeping a journal and what purposes the journal has served. (SRT)

Describes a teacher's experience of learning about the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins along with her students. Asserts that through understanding his use of imagery and internal half-rhyme, students gained an appreciation of his poetry. (SRT)

Traces the history of the labyrinth poem from the time of Augustus Caesar. (FL)