Are children enjoying reading and writing poetry?

What they think about poetry?

In the video below you can found some Spanish answers of this question

When we were young I remember the classes of poetry, I have not found nothing interesting in poems. I saw poems as a way of writing very difficult and it must rhyme. But poetry is more than a group of verses which are not understood and rhyming among them.
There are sentences which produces feelings to the people who read it. All of us make poetry without realizing. Raquel shows to us some sentences of children which I really loved.

These are some examples:

''Love is like a littel old woman and a littel old man who are still friendS even after they know each other so well.''
Tommy- age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you

mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it

a lot. People forget,"

Jessica - age 8

"Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she

doesn't think it's gross."

Mark - age 6

The are a lot of beautiful sentences which children say unconsciously.I am sure if you have some littel brother or sister, nephews or cousins, they sometime have said something that make you fell.Or even you, when you are expressing your feelings to someone or your own feelings and you provoke a reaction in the other person, in that moment you are making poetry.
For that, we must to focus poetry at primary education in different ways, others that reading aloud poems which we do not know what they said, and try to approach poetry to their daily lifes for children fell that they are able to do it.

 I have found in the web so many reasons for reading and writing poetry which maybe are interesting for you.

Poetry does not take long to read. If you do not like to read large stories, you can read a short poem during your coffe break, or while standing in line at the bank, or while eating a sandwich at lunch time.

Poetry improves your vocabulary.One of the most basic reasons to read poetry is that it is a great way to improve your vocabulary.If your ususal reading material consists of magazines, newspaper, and blogs your are unlikely to be encountering any new words.

Poetry gives you new ideas.Poetry can open your mind to new ideas.You might read a poem from a completely different culture, or written by someone much older or much younger than you.Poems are a way to train your mind.

Poetry shows the world in a new light. Poetry can give you another point of view of any topic.

Poetry is fun. Work with poetry can be very fun.It depends in the activity that accompanies the poem.For example the other day with Raquel we were working with poetry in a different way and we really have pass a good time during this class.The teacher has to found the better way to make it easier poetry for children and catch their attention about this branch of literature.

Poetry provides a cultural context and expressive model that supports openness and emotional honesty.

The act of writing a poem is a skill that people can use to help themselves througouht a lifetime.It is a useful tool to vent themselves and to express their feelings.

Work with poetry is a way to improve our creative skills.

I really encourage you to try to do your own poems when you are very sad or very happy for something or someone, because moreover you will feel more relaxed it is when you are more inspirited to do it, and after, when you read it, I am sure that it will surprise you and also it is a nice memory of you for you.

Finally I leave to you another nice video about what is poetry.

Thank you for your time!