Slam or spoken word poetry, and its sometimes extemporaneous hip-hop-style recitation, is a trendy way to prove to students that a poem has a life beyond the page. But one teacher and her middle school English class in Madison, Wisconsin have taken the curriculum in an R-rated direction.

An investigation from Wisconsin’s MacIver Institute found eighth-grade teacher Abigail Swetz of O’Keefe Middle School would promote sometimes sexually themed student work; her lessons called for “found” poems about intimate aspects of students’ lives. And the eighth-graders, usually 12 or 13 years old, had their performances published on Swetz’s YouTube channel for all to see.