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"Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools" 

1) Poetry Helps Us 
 
           Helps us know each other
          Help us build communnity
                 Using metaphor.


2) Rhythnm and Sounds
           
            They`ll feel the rhythnms
    Rhythnm, music, sounds and beats
             The words or meaning.


3) Speaking and Listening

               Venues for speaking
            Poetry brings audience
               Neglected domains.

4) Poetry is Universal
         
               Poems defy rules
        Ways of espressing poems
    Help them bridge their worlds.

5) Poetry Builds

                Resililence in kids
     Find poems that make you wake up
                We can gain insight.
         


                      MLA citation: Aguilar, Elena. "Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools." Edutopia. N.p., 08 Apr. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.