Poetry is a great outlet for surging emotions. Teaching and learning poetry helps students respect and understand the views of people all around the world. Because we are in an age of increasing diversity, this is very important to education. The most important thing is, poetry can have a positive impact on students mental health. Poetry uses powerful imagery. Poems are the epitome of “show, don't tell.” In a poem, you don't have a lot of time or space to spend narrating or telling the reader what's happening.