On Beyond Haiku: New Forms for Poetry Month

Back in 2011 I wrote a post called Poetry Month Ideas: Try Something a Little Different (note the conspicuous disappearance of ALL the images from said post and sigh along with me). Well, time has passed but my quest to find new and interesting ways to teach poetry, aside from the standard set of haikus and limericks, continues. Today we update ye olde post with some old and new forms. If you should find yourself this month in the position of having to instruct some kids in the ways of poetry...