What do you wish you'd learned at school about poetry?

[billy]

the basic rules and devices in tandem with basic forms which include free verse and blank verse. punctuation. i never went to high school for more than a year in total. so it's hard for me to say what's what. a strong reading theme, i differ with milo in that i think many of the classics should be taught along with the current stuff. how can they compare if the don't know what it is. i think it is history. and like any other type of history we can see how things have developed. how do you teach people to write sonnet, one way is to show them some of the great ones. the main thing would be to make it fun. of course like milo i agree that you start off simple.

you could insert poetry into porn mags etc if any of the above doesn't work