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Day 2: How rhythm and rhyme make a poem memorable.
Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...
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RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers
More recent readers have agreed. Of course, there are countless autistic people who write poetry who aren’t famous and haven’t published books. Neurodivergent poet and educator Chris Martin ...
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'Writing the Ding Dang Poem': Tom Angleberger on Getting Kids Excited About Poetry
So why is it that people who “can’t write poetry” really do stop right there and never write poems? The fear of failure is so huge for poetry. Before we start, we’re thinking about Emily ...
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RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers
As an autistic English professor who studies literature and neurodiversity, I was especially unnerved by Kennedy’s contention that many autistic people will never write poetry. It couldn’t be ...