Poetry is one of those topics that often gets dismissed as whimsical and unimportant. However, poetry is a powerful instructional tool, and it is an important art to study at any age. Poetry is a way to understand how language and symbol systems work. It is a worthy expression of emotion, or deep feelings, and aesthetics, or a sense of what is beautiful about the world. High school seniors Sam and Catherine will tell you what they have gotten out of their study of poetry over the years.