A Mode of Writing I Want to Teach!

After reading Blasingame and Bushman (Ch 4&5), I easily decided the Mode of Writing I would like to teach: POETRY!
I know at first glance,poetry doesn't seem to be the most important mode of writing one could teach. But I feel it is indeed at least important for students to learn to utilize this mode of writing for several reasons.
First, by practicing writing poetry, students may find their own voice through the written word! There's really no right or wrong way for students to create their poetry, so they can feel free to express themselves openly without being preoccupied with being wrong!
Creating poetry is like making a puzzle. It is an exercize that is good for developing the mind, exercizing patience, piecing together the individual parts in their correct places until the picture comes into view! It's a means of saying something figuratively and subtley, without coming right out and saying it, which is something many teenagers find difficult to do!
It is also a more casual and artistic mode of writing, which allows the students to express themselves without the responsibility of formality, as in a narrative or essay.
I feel that learning about this mode of writing will help my students later in the real world as, it will have helped them find their own voice and will give them another means of expressing it!