Poetry is not a Luxury: The
Power of the Written and
Spoken Word
Learning Goals:
1. To develop an awareness of the power of language and poetry
through poets who write in and outside of academia.
2. To read and appreciate the intersection of Lordes essay The
Transformation of Silence into Language and Action and how her
ideas are manifested in the real world.
3. To write a reflection essay.
Link for the poem:
https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf