So I think there's a growing interest from that aspect. I'm hoping that more people see there is a connection between interest in poetry and literacy. I'd like to see more teaching of poetry in the early grades. Well, I think if we're going to have an audience for poetry, we definitely need to be trying to involve children with poetry. I think when children do read and write poetry, they get very involved in it.
Children are experts at remaking the language.
It's the natural language of children. You have to do a few things at a time. In Fort Collins, we are doing poetry placards in the buses. That's something I'd like to see spread through the state. Some of the poems are by small children.