This book emerged from a Poetry in the Schools program which had two facets: teacher workshops and instruction by poets in elementary and secondary classrooms. Part one, "Poets and Teachers in Dialogue," describes major issues discussed in teacher workshops: keeping the imagination alive, writing as a way of discovery, exploration of language, poets' development as writers, writer as artist, and teaching strategies. Part two, "Students' Spontaneous Responses," presents poems written by students during classroom instruction. The poems are used to illustrate discussions of form, pattern, and design in poetry. Part three, "Students' Sustained Responses," deals with students' writing which resulted from participation in continuing workshops with poets. Some of these poems are presented in several versions, to show the kinds of changes poets may make when they revise. Ten poets participated in this Poetry in the Schools program: William Jay Smith, Kofi Awoonor, John Ciardi, Stephen Dunning, Tom Weatherly, Sylvia Wilkinson, Gloria Oden, Michael Mott, Sally Harris Sange, and Jeffrey Lorber. (GW)