Are you nervous about teaching a high school poetry unit? So was I, until I found this book by chance on Amazon. It is filled with ideas that really work in high school. I appreciated the lesson plans and the written-out scenerios of class discussions that helped me understand how to better guide my own students After reading this book, I increased my classroom poetry collection and bought a number of the recommended poetry books listed by author Albert Somers. (I even sent for eight "Poetry in Motion" subway and bus poetry cards from New York City, thanks to the address in the book, to hang in my classroom.) I incorporated poetry in several other units during the course of the year. The students became accustomed to writing and posting their poetry in the classroom and enjoyed reading others' work. Poetry, instead of being worrisome or intimidating for me, became a joy. This book helped make it so.