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Poetry 180
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry | Billy Collins
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Billy Collins compiles 180 poems, one for each day of the school year, for high school students to read so that they might learn the value of poetry in their daily lives.
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dabbe
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#poetrymatters

Reposting for @TheSpineView. Here are October's poetry prompts. Looking forward to seeing everyone's posts! 🤩

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dabbe 😘 2d
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Good poems in this book.

TieDyeDude I had this book in college. I remember enjoying picking through it. 5d
S3V3N @TieDyeDude I enjoyed it. 4d
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#PoetryMatters Day 18: #Imagine - a fragment of a poem by the inimitable Billy Collins.

TheSpineView Perfect! 🧡 3y
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TheSpineView Perfect!🤩🤩🤩 3y
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Great collection.

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UnabridgedTomes
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I met Billy Collins‘ work through his efforts as poet laureate of the United States. This collection is great to dip into at will; just like the website he created to showcase the world of poetry for use in any classroom, anywhere.

Louise He's wonderful! His reading of "The Lanyard" gets me every time! ❤️ 7y
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Had a meeting most of the day so I only got to have #PoetryWednesday with my afternoon 5th graders. This was their poem.

The whole thing is great and you should google it.

ValerieAndBooks What you do with your students is really cool! This reminds me of when my dad was a schoolteacher and he had all of Kenneth Koch's books on teaching poetry. I loved reading them too (as a kid-- yeah I'm probably showing my age 😊). I bet you go all out in April, national poetry month! 8y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @ValerieAndBooks Thanks! I certainly try. Sometimes the kids are into it, sometimes not so much, but it does become something they're not wary of and if some of them use it as a form of expression all the better. 8y
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Feb. 28: A Summer Day - Reading Oliver all I can think about is that she must've loved the transcendentalists. those final two lines are also gold. #LitsyPoetry365

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I'm not gonna lie....I'm not the biggest poetry fan. I used to love it as a child, but as I grew up, I became cynical and jaded, and the majority of it struck me as pretentious. However, I took a Contemporary Poetry class last semester and enjoyed quite a few of those poets, especially Anne Sexton and Sharon Olds, but I definitely have to be in a poetry-reading mood to enjoy it. #augustphotochallenge #poetrybooks 😊📚

LiteraryinPA Billy Collins is the only poet I read for fun. He's great. :) 8y
Leelee08 @LiteraryinLititz I definitely liked his work. I found this book at a thrift store and snatched it up.😀 8y
Shortstack I love Anne Sexton!!! 8y
Leelee08 @Shortstack Her stuff is awesome! 8y
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Has anyone done this book with a class? I was thinking about doing it with mine, but then I read the poems were intended for high school students? Any thoughts?

Peddler410 I'm not familiar with this book but I'm going to look for it. I have used poetry intended for younger and older students in the past, depends on the group of kids. 8y
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