Tag: Meg Grehan

When I was in secondary school, I had an excellent English teacher who was passionate about teaching poetry. We worked from an admittedly intimidating book, four-hundred pages of works from the great poets that we were due to be examined on. While I enjoyed learning this way, it’s not the only medium in which young people can engage with poetry.  A verse novel is different from your conventional book. They don’t contain long paragraphs that fill the page, top to …