The form of a poem is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem. Some forms of poetry must stick to very specific rules about length, rhythm and rhyme. Poets enjoy playing ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication. Students will learn about an ancient poetic tradition of Japan. Students will write tanka poetry in the correct form. What are the poems ...

a form that is familiar to many people who do not ordinarily read or write poetry. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that consists of three lines. In a traditional haiku written in Japanese ...

You'll also study traditional and emerging forms as windows into the hidden machinery of a poem, experimenting with everything from sestinas to sonnets, ghazals to glosas, found poetry to spoken word.

From our earliest moments, we're surrounded by poetry in the form of nursery rhymes, storybooks and singalongs. We giggle our way through silly limericks and share sidesplitting poems with our pals.