Discusses some of the difficulties of teaching poetry that arise from the need to interest students while avoiding an explication that turns them away from poetry. (RB)

Gives the history of the translation into Spanish of the literature of western culture as done by Cuban authors. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Discusses the merits of responding intellectually versus affectively to the language that is employed in a poem. (RB)

Describes an innovative way to present poetry (to children in Grades 1, 3, and 7) through creative movement. Children learn to dramatize poetic imagery, making it meaningful through their own sensory experience. (CS)

Discusses syntax and the use of syntagma in English poetry. (CK)

Discusses the importance of teaching poetry and lists the works of poets widely liked by adolescents. (RB)

ALL STUDENTS IN THE ARCADIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTEMPT CREATIVE WRITING, IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGULAR CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROGRAM. A CREATIVE WRITING COMMITTEE OF TEACHERS CAREFULLY SELECTS AND JUDGES ALL WORK SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS SHORT, THREE- AND…

Suggestions are offered in this paper for adapting C. S. Lewis's poems for oral interpretation. A discussion of Lewis's lifelong correspondence with his friend Arthur Greeves provides insights into Lewis's perceptions of his own writing. Eighty poems selected from Lewis's "Poems" as appropriate for oral interpretation are classified…

The article recounts biographical information concerning Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), a little-known American poetess. It includes poems illustrating the cinquain, a stanza form she invented which is popular with children. (RD)