Health & Fitness
In addition to educational development poetry in schools can help eliminate many social ills.
Why do children and teens like writing poetry?
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Kids-need-poetry-in-school-2717502.php
Teachers frequently tell me they have a much deeper and fuller understanding of their students after reading their students' poems. I've noticed a closer sense of community forming in a classroom where students regularly share their own poetry
