This presentation covers all seven ELA state standards. The first part of this presentation focuses on professional poetry inspired by works of art. Participants read, explicate/annotate/analyze a few poems for diction, mood, tone, detail, and theme followed by group analysis of a poem and examples of the student culminating activity of writing an original poem from student-chosen art. Part 2 involves listening to and analyzing/annotating songs as poetry, in a large group, then in small groups. Finally, the presenter explains the process that students follow to lead a class discussion of their chosen poem.