Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun sharing it with other people! It’s not always easy though.

This week my dear friend, Penny, sent me a powerful poem, read beautifully by an older ... So let them. Let them show you who they truly are, not tell you. Let them prove how worthy they are ...

John Agard’s Checking Out Me History is an example ... and to help show he wants to go beyond what is traditional. The form of the poem in this case helps link to what the poem is about.