Sheryl Jouvenat Rice University Houston, Texas Poetry is intensely personal.
Poetry can make the reader laugh, cry, and feel a connection to the writer.
In other words, poetry is powerful. I have always believed that poetry is a form of self-expression that anyone can try, regardless of language, culture or level of English. My Advanced-level Culture students groaned at me when I told them that they were going to write poetry. They didn't believe they could do it. They had complete freedom to choose their subject.