Poetry Unit

I never thought that I would ever enjoy poetry, but after the poetry unit I think I have a better appreciation for it. When I was in school, my teachers always had strict rules about the poems we were required to write. I really like Koch's ideas. By not making poetry seem like work would really help to make is seem less like a task to the kids. I also like that he doesn't want the poems to rhyme, whcih was something that my teachers really wanted and made writing poetry that much more annoying. Another thing I really liked was that Koch did not judge their poetry and edit the things that the students wrote. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams had many different types of poems that I enjoyed reading and writing. I think students would have much more fun writing these types of poems then the ones I was forced to write as an elementary school student.