Has poetry a place in the EFL/ESL context today? The answer is ‘Yes’. It has a tremendous appeal for learners and it is the best way of creating a love for language. It stimulates them to see, hear and think of things in new ways. It lays a foundation for the appreciation of the beauty of language, for poetry is beauty - beauty of form, beauty of language, beauty of thought, mood or feeling. Language teaching can be rather dull if we always look at linguistic points using only predictable textbook examples.
Much depends on the choice of poems for the various classes. They should be easy to understand and suitable for the age groups under instruction. Poems with unusual, archaic, difficult language and thought should be avoided. It would also be good, though not absolutely necessary, if some of the poems related to the daily life of the learners.
The use of poetry in an EFL/ESL classroom involves many factors, such as the use of the Internet, reading poems, comprehension, appreciation, and finally writing poems using blogging. Creative teachers can work wonders in the classroom by incorporating poetry into their EFL/ESL work.
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