Teaching Poetry

Welcome to the Teaching Poetry blog, where you will find teaching tips and amusing—if not downright helpful—stories from poetry teachers across North America. Links on the right will take you to popular teaching materials including Bedford/St. Martin’s books, instructors’ blogs, and other useful resources. Teacher spotlights will give you a more in-depth look at people’s favorite approaches to poetry from east to west, north to south.

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Joelle Hann is a senior editor at Bedford/St.Martin’s who worked on the third edition of Helen Vendler’s Poems, Poets, Poetry, and originally created the Teaching Poetry blog in 2009.