This book is a nice resource. It is great to use for writing prompts. I used this book with some advanced level students over the summer and they did say they wished the pictures in the book would be in color and that maybe some classic poems would be put in the book next to a modren one that is simular as a comparisson they thought that would be cool. Other than that there were no other qualms seen with the book. They also said they did like the poems that were in the book. 

I thought it was well organized and liked the poems that were included in this book. I think they really bring out my students creative thought prosesses. The pictures, I think too are great and are really nice to be included in the book as well as on the CD. This book is a great resource for any classroom and the photos and poems included in it really make your students want to write, which is great because sometimes that is a problem in the classroom

My partner Mike, who teaches middle school English, said that he often finds poetry a difficult subject to teach, so he likes to have a variety of resources available. He esp. likes that he could pull this book off the shelf and have hundreds of poetry lesson prompts at his fingertips.

It has been a while since I taught poetry, but when I did I often made use of art, photography and quotations to act as writing prompts. So I appreciate the compilation of poetry, photography, quotations and questions in this book.

The photos are well-chosen, helping to elucidate the themes of the accompanying poem and spark students’ imaginations. I particularly like the quotations from famous people on each page because they often offer a wryly dissenting opinion from the poem.

I wish there had been brief author bios for each of the contributors. There was no info about the poets other than whether they were students or not. 2nd edition maybe?

(My full review can be found on CozyLittleBookJournal)

One of the most interesting things about Reflect and Write is that both students and teachers in grades 7-12 created many of the poems and photos contained in the work. But there’s much more to this fine collection than just the words and images. Each photo-poem combination presents either inspiration or challenge prompts; a significant quotation; and keywords designed to inspire writing. The book also lists thirteen themes to explore, as well as twenty Internet resources for both students and teachers.  I love the accompanying CD that contains all of the photos in the book. I wish I'd had this when I was homeschooling. Reflect and Write belongs on every English teacher’s desk