Word Clouds are a fun and interesting way to introduce kids to poetry in one of it's forms. They can also be more engaging for the classroom because they are bright and exciting and offer a lot of choice to the student. The student could also make a quick one of these word clouds to show the most important words in her/her report or assignment and use this as a background while he/she is presenting.
Word Cloud of a Large Report
Word Cloud from a small list of words
Word Cloud where the phrases are "held together"