ABSTRACT
This study investigates the challenges facing knowledge dissemination and acquisition among teachers and learners in poetry in Secondary schools and come up with possible remedies in to enhance efficient teaching and learning which would extrapolate into a better outcome. The study was guided by the following objectives: to investigate the challenges encountered in the teaching and learning of poetry in the classroom, to find out the best ways of teaching and learning poetry in secondary schools and to come up with ways to eradicate challenges facing the teaching and learning of poetry in secondary schools in Kenya. The study used simple descriptive design and employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches in the analysis of the findings. The target population constituted form three and form four students and also teachers. The researcher used questionnaire to collect the data for the study. To establish the validity and the reliability of the research instruments the researcher undertook a pilot study in two private schools. The researcher used SPSS technique and Microsoft excel in data analysis. The study established that the teaching and learning of poetry was facing challenges such as time constraints, inadequate teaching and learning resources, use of effort complex language in poems, poor pedagogical content and lack of regular practice were identified as some of the challenges. The study concluded that more teaching and learning resources need to be availed; more time should be allocated for the poetry classes and an improvement in the teaching and learning methodologies by the teachers.