Angelo J. Letizia is Associate Professor of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA.

Angelo Letizia utilizes poetic inquiry as a mechanism to bolster democracy and ultimately re-envision governance in imaginative ways. I can’t remember the last time I was pressed in my thinking to reconsider assumptions and norms and to contemplate and reflect on possibilities.-Pamela L. Eddy, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor, Higher Education, College of William and MaryTeaching the skills of citizenship and social responsibility is a critical issue of our time. Letizia examines the philosophy and practice of poetry in education as a form of authentic democratic participation that can build a more inclusive and just society.-Richard Siegesmund, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University

• 1. Introduction 2. Poetry for Democracy 3. A Literature Review and Methodology (of sorts) 4. Qualifications and Pedagogy 5. Citizenship, Democracy and Teleology 6. Organizational Theory and Leadership 7. Poetry as Philosophy

Angelo J. Letizia is Associate Professor of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA.

Angelo Letizia utilizes poetic inquiry as a mechanism to bolster democracy and ultimately re-envision governance in imaginative ways. I can’t remember the last time I was pressed in my thinking to reconsider assumptions and norms and to contemplate and reflect on possibilities.-Pamela L. Eddy, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor, Higher Education, College of William and MaryTeaching the skills of citizenship and social responsibility is a critical issue of our time. Letizia examines the philosophy and practice of poetry in education as a form of authentic democratic participation that can build a more inclusive and just society.-Richard Siegesmund, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University

• 1. Introduction 2. Poetry for Democracy 3. A Literature Review and Methodology (of sorts) 4. Qualifications and Pedagogy 5. Citizenship, Democracy and Teleology 6. Organizational Theory and Leadership 7. Poetry as Philosophy

Angelo J. Letizia is Associate Professor of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA.

Angelo Letizia utilizes poetic inquiry as a mechanism to bolster democracy and ultimately re-envision governance in imaginative ways. I can’t remember the last time I was pressed in my thinking to reconsider assumptions and norms and to contemplate and reflect on possibilities.-Pamela L. Eddy, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor, Higher Education, College of William and MaryTeaching the skills of citizenship and social responsibility is a critical issue of our time. Letizia examines the philosophy and practice of poetry in education as a form of authentic democratic participation that can build a more inclusive and just society.-Richard Siegesmund, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University

• 1. Introduction 2. Poetry for Democracy 3. A Literature Review and Methodology (of sorts) 4. Qualifications and Pedagogy 5. Citizenship, Democracy and Teleology 6. Organizational Theory and Leadership 7. Poetry as Philosophy