Continue until there are no words, or only a few, remaining, along with the periods, commas etc. See if they can still read it. Usually they can, or if only a few can, they become heroes. (Much of the material in this section reflects the thinking of Helena Devereux and Kate Rosenfield, who presented their research on Poetry in the Classroom at the VAILL Conference, Radford University, July 23, 1997. Many thanks.) Why Poetry?