Last week, Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department. You know that I am a dyed-in-the-wool Swiftie. While I listened to her new album, I began considering the tortured poets I have studied. As I began to put together this list, I chose poets that have shared their personal struggles with the world. I also chose poems that sometimes tortured me.All that goes to say these are fantastic, moving, haunting poems for your high school English classroom.