To celebrate National Poetry Month, young writers focus on the role letter writing has played in the development of poets. They begin by journaling three to five associations to a writing prompt that requires them to identify their personal writing voice. Each budding author chooses one of the five suggested poets to write a letter to; they read and parse out meaningful lines from that poet's work. Next, they discuss their choices and use their discussion notes to draft a formal letter to their poet. Note: The lesson is one in a series focused on developing and understanding poetic voice.