It’s the dead of winter, which is a hard time to begin something new. And yet, that’s exactly what those of us who are preparing to start a new semester must do. That’s why this is a perfect time for help from poets. This poetry collection comes from The Courage to Teach movement; teachers selected the poems in this book and wrote about how the poems helped them make sense of their work. Sometimes it’s good to remember why we do what we do — and that we are lucky to be in the business of revelations and epiphanies.
Mali, Taylor. Introduction. Teaching with Heart: Poetry that Speaks to the Courage to Teach, edited by Sam. Intrator and Megan Scribner. Jossey-Bass, 2014, p. xxviii.