The way in which the young reader approaches Eminescian poetry (and his relationship with poetry, in general) is determined by the contexts in which the student is asked for emotional, cognitive, aesthetic reactions inherent in reading poetic texts, how his reading experience is cultivated in school. The article proposes a group of poetic texts from the manuscripts of Mihai Eminescu for didactic use, the reception of which in school, even as an extension of the study of recognized texts, would condition an updated perspective on his creation, connected to individual reality.