Publisher's Synopsis
This text provides a step-by-step guide for teachers and poets on how to inspire young people to become practising poets. Part One focuses on Jordan's classroom and workshop methods for teaching poets. The text includes: course descriptions and syllabi; exercises for writing poetry; and teaching strategies for revising work and reading aloud. Part Two features interviews with contemporary poets who reflect on their poetic influences and the ways they adapted the canon to their own identities. Also included are bibliographies on African American, Asian American, Irish, gay and lesbian poetry, and poetry for and by children.
