What do you think when you hear the word poetry? Do you think of something that rhymes and has a certain beat, or rhythm? Do you think of short pieces of writing that are sometimes hard to understand? Not all poems rhyme, but many do. Not all poems are short, but many of them are. Not all poems are hard to understand, though some of them can be.

Let's begin by looking at some videos of spoken poetry.

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