Healthy competition and longer writing projects helped to overcome some of the difficulties associated with the long residencies of visiting writers in elementary schools. (RL)

Examines the invitations and speech situations implicit in lyric poetry that often alienate students with little poetry experience. Presents five conditions English teachers can provide that will make poetry more accessible to students, particularly the invention needed to accept the "invitation" of a poem. (HTH)

Describes a simple computer game for writing poetry. Notes the advantages and limitations of such computer assisted English instruction. (RL)

Relates a teacher's childhood experiences with poetry and her views of the value poetry has in the language arts curriculum. (HTH)

This paper argues that, although T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" provoke comparisons with the late quartets of Beethoven, an analysis of Four Quartets and Bela Bartok's Fourth and Fifth String Quartets produces a clearer understanding of the formal structures in the poetry and music. Symmetries offset asymmetries. (Author/KC)

Describes a program of oral interpretation of poetry for children as a springboard into the language arts program. Describes the poetic nature of children, acknowledges rhythm as an important component of spoken language and poetry, and suggests possibilities for bringing children and poetry together through rhythmical experiences. (JMF)

Lists and annotates four picture books (three by classic Russian poets) that have been translated from Russian into Spanish, and two nonfiction books about handicapped children that have been translated from English to Spanish. (GT)

Describes a program that attempted to increase sensory awareness and thus to improve attitudes toward poetry and inspire students to write their own poems. (JM)

A journal account of working in the New York poets-in-the-schools program, with some philosophical comments about the teaching of poetry and poetry writing. (RL)

Discusses a series of exercises designed to convince advanced Chinese language students that the careful study of classical Chinese literature is both a necessary and enjoyable part of their scholarly training. Several excerpts from Chinese literature are given. (PJM)

The structural linguist's techniques for measuring stress, juncture, and gradations of pitch permit a closer study of a poem's movement than conventional scansion allows. (RL)

Study determines whether the preservation of poetry shape by an oral interpreter enhances the listener's mental perception and comprehension of selected poetry. Evidence supports the hypothesis that receivers could identify, comprehend, and appreciate the oral interpretation of poetry which stressed the preservation of its shape. (JMF)

Suggests the use of audiovisual aids in the place of discursive language to teach poetry appreciation. Examples are provided for use with French poetry. (AM)

A poet relates her personal writing problems, which she resolved by completing some of the assignments she had used in her classes. (RL)

A unit on poetry for gifted students is presented. Five activities focus on distinguishing poetry from prose, poetry from mere rhyme, and examining characteristics of poetry. Excerpts of poems and questions for students are included. (CL)