 | A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day by Day by Baron Wormser
Buy new: $30.82 / Used from: $24.00 An amazing resource. The book is written as a fictional journal of a high school English teacher. Driven by ideas rather than lessons.
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 | Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry to Children by Kenneth Koch
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.64 A classic. Koch shows how to use great poems as a springboard for student writing.
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 | Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry by Kenneth Koch
Buy new: $12.48 / Used from: $1.50 Half guide to teaching and reading, half anthology of poems.
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 | The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms by Edited by Ron Padgett
Buy new: $14.36 / Used from: $8.50 Invaluable guide to every poetic form you can think of! Contains a description of the form and at least one example.
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 | Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology by Helen Vendler
Buy new: $59.17 / Used from: $3.73 This would be more useful to the teacher--a very academic description of how to read poetry. Amazingly clear and detailed descriptions for how to read poetry. Dense but worth the effort if you truly become enamored of the subject.
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 | How To Write Poetry Scholastic Guides by Paul Janeczko
Buy used from: $0.01 One of many great books by Paul Janeczko on the art of writing poetry.
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 | Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.67 Can be used to inspire student writers.
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 | The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry
Buy used from: $8.57 Written by actor Stephen Fry. More about the joys of writing poetry than of teaching it, however, contains nice layman's explanation of why meter, rhyme, and conventions matter. Conversational and fun to read.
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