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María I. Acosta
Ileana I. Laboy
María A. Lugo
March 13, 2009
“I’m a poet, a creator, a visionary,
I smile often and laugh easily,
and I weep at pain and cruelty.
I approach the world with the eyes of an artist,
the ears of a musician, and the soul of a writer.”
A
form of literary art in which language
is used for its aesthetic and evocative
qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its
apparent meaning.
 Literature
 Any
in metrical form
communication resembling poetry in
beauty or the evocation of feeling
lyric poems
 limericks
 concrete poems
 narrative poems
 dramatic poetry
 epic poetry
 poetry slam
 savage poetry
 dub poetry
 pagan poetry
 free verse
 Haiku

 Mother
Goose Poems
Twinkle, twinkle
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Watching over while I sleep,
For you never shut you eye,
‘ Til the sun is in the sky.
Examples:
A) Puerto Rican Poetry
“ Lágrimas de dolor, pureza y alegría” by
María I. Acosta
B) English Poetry
“Song of the Train” by David McCord
In Puerto Rico, English is taught as a Second
Language and poetry is usually written in
Spanish.

Haiku- “ Because it is a rather abstract form,
children actually require some experience and
maturity to understand and appreciate haiku”
(81).

“Children most enjoyed poetry that contained
humor, familiar experiences, and animals” (81).

“Students preferred poems that contain rhyme,
rhythm, and sound” (81).

Teachers “are always more successful when
presenting poems they honestly like” (85).
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Study Results by Kutipier and Wilson (81)
Haiku- is a form of Japanese poetry,
consisting of 17 syllables (a line of 5 syllables, a
line of 7 syllables, and another line of 5 syllables),
that express something about nature.
Example: Take the butterfly:
Nature works to produce him.
Why doesn’t he last?
By David McCord

Oral Highway
1.Teachers must read poems aloud
2. Use of Music
3. Choral speaking
 National
Council of Teachers of English
a) 1977 annually
b) 1982 every three years
c) Award-Winning Poets

Joann Early Macken

Elizabeth Honey

Robert Frost

Lewis J. Patrick
 Variety
 Do

of Poems
not reply textbooks
Single - Poem Picture Book
Tunell O. ( 2007 ). Children’s Literature Briefly.
Pearson Education.
What is poetry. (2007). Retrieved in February 27, 2009
at
http://www.google.com.pr/search?hl=es&lr=&defl=en&q
=define:poetry&ei=HxO5SbDbPMyatweIqWgBg&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
Bushman, J. (2006). Using Young Adult in the
Classroom. New Jersey: Pearson .
Examples of Poetry for children. Retrieved in March 1,
2009 at
http://www.brownielocks.com/kidpoems.html