Why is poetry important?
Poetry has the ability to teach you to read. Quite literally, several years ago when I was an elementary school teacher, poetry was the only text that many of my struggling readers felt comfortable enough to approach. It let them find language at their own pace, while simultaneously growing their confidence, curiosity, and joy. So that’s cool.
Poetry also acts as a vehicle for empathy. It offers up a space to investigate our histories, both personal and political, through imaginative and emotional patterns of thought. It voices the complexities, the beauty, and the whole wildness of life.
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