Hi, Alan here to alert you to more support and ideas for the teaching of poetry are available on my web page:   https://www.alanjwrightauthorpoet.com/ A quick click and you can access even more information to make your teaching of writing and in particular, the teaching of poetry more expansive and rewarding. A visit will provide you with information regarding poetry resources and the latest news on all manner of literary related matters. Matters like  my new anthology of short verse, available in January 2026. Here's a glimpse...

  Thank you to Cue Learning for this blog post that follows our recent podcast  You can find out more about the supportive work Cue Learning's team of Sharon and Phil Callen are doing by visiting Cue Learning Education consultant and author Alan Wright says both teachers and students need to open their minds to the possibilities in poetry. It comes as no surprise that the greater exposure children have to poetry the more they can embrace it in their literacy and writing. But it’s just as important for teachers to ‘step outside their comfort zones’ with poetry, according to Alan. He told literacy experts Sharon and Phil Callen on episode 30 of The Teacher’s Tool Kit for Literacy that teachers can often struggle with getting students to connect with poetry because they’re not reading widely or ‘taking risks’. “Teachers find [poetry] a bit of a struggle I feel simply because they’ve either had a bad experience with poetry or they’ve had a very narrow experience with poetry,” Alan...