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To paraphrase Audre Lorde, we need poetry because there are no new ideas — only new ways of making them felt. "And, boy, do poems make us feel things," writes .
Education Week: Poem Trees, Lego Diagrams, and Other Ideas for Teaching National Poetry Month
Poem Trees, Lego Diagrams, and Other Ideas for Teaching National Poetry Month
MSN: Poetry from Daily Life: Stumped for ideas? Start with the Most Boring Object Ever
Poetry from Daily Life: Stumped for ideas? Start with the Most Boring Object Ever
NEW HAVEN -- National Poetry Month is just about to end, but the International Festival of Arts & Ideas and the Connecticut Library Consortium are squeezing in one last remembrance Wednesday with a ...
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