Literary texts have an important function in the education of Turkish and literature. It is certain that literary texts will steer the development of individuals in either lingual or emotion and value education. As for poetic texts involved in literary texts, they have a great role in increasing the aesthetic and artistic skills of their addressees, improving their vocabulary, making them aware of all the possibilities of the language, and increasing their perception of national and moral values. Due to all of these reasons, the poetic texts selected to be used in the Turkish textbooks are to meet some specific criteria. During the course of this study, the poetic texts in the Turkish textbooks recommended to be used in 2020-2021 school year favouring the principles of "harmony," "imaginary characteristics," "literary autonomy," and "suitability for children" constituting text characteristics have been evaluated by the experts in the literature, and some results have been achieved. It has been concluded that 20 of the 66 poetic texts analysed for this study are "good," 34 are "average," and 12 are "weak." In other words, 30% of the 66 poetic texts are "good," 51% are "average," and 19% are "weak." Based on these results, required sensitivity has not been shown to the poetic texts selected for textbooks. Considering the fact that secondary school students improve their language skills encountering quality texts, the poetic texts proposed to be used in the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades have been stated at the end of the study.