John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

Students in Jack Caughey’s class can turn in annotated McDonald’s menus and “interview” poems for class assignments. Caughey, a teaching assistant for English 4W: “Critical Reading and Writing,” ...

Sixth-graders at Rail Ranch Elementary School in Murrieta visited the “Poetry and Pie Café” on campus on a recent Friday to share their original poems and some verses written by famous poets too. The ...

While literature is a backbone of high school curriculum, poetry might get short shrift. Not in Tiffany Wolf’s classroom. The longtime Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School teacher likes to stuff a ...