Review
"I commend ... your ... efforts to promote the beauty of poetry for our youth." -- Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois
"The program gives our students a reason to want to write." -- Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
"Writing poetry is like hearing a great song." -- Lkesha L., Student
"The program gives our students a reason to want to write." -- Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
"Writing poetry is like hearing a great song." -- Lkesha L., Student
Product Description
During the 2003 - 2004 academic year, more than 3,000 students throughout Chicago read, discussed, wrote and presented poetry in classes taught by Hands on Stanzas poets-in-residence. More than 15,000 students benefited from school-wide literary projects organized by the poets and their students. This 656 page 2003-2004 Hands On Stanzas Anthology contains more than 1,700 original poems by students in the program.
