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Article for Students

How to Read a Poem

By Edward Hirsch
A poetry primer for the uninitiated.
Article for Teachers

On Listening to Poetry

By Hannah Brooks-Motl
Some new approaches to teaching (the) poetry reading.

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Featured Poem Samplers

  • Headshot of poet Angela Jackson
    Poem Sampler

    Angela Jackson: Selections

    By Sarah Alcaide-Escue & The Editors
    Poems by a legendary Chicago poet, playwright, and novelist
  • Headshot of Patti Smith
    Poem Sampler

    Patti Smith: Selections

    By Noah Baldino & The Editors
    Work by the Rocker, Poet, Activist, and Literary Trendsetter
  • Illustration of John Donne.
    Poem Sampler

    John Donne 101

    By Benjamin Voigt
    A 17th-century master of intellect and passion.

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