This poetry handbook will appeal to many: ELA and ESL middle school teachers, after-school enrichment coordinators, middle school students curious about poetry, and more! Here you will find accessible, original poems by the award-winning multilingual poet and educator, María Luisa Arroyo. who has 15+ years of experience teaching community-based poetry to poets of all ages in all stages. Here, too, you will be awed by the courage and vulnerability that the student poems convey. The overarching message? Every individual is inherently creative. Here are a few tools to try.