Although I haven’t always been aware of this salient role poetry has played, I’ve been writing steadily for well over half a century, and poetry has always offered what James Merrill, a friend and guiding light, called “the life raft of language.” So even if I didn’t always know...
Retelling by sharing information in a five senses model requires students to think more deeply and exercise creativity, not just copy and paste. So if you are writing poems about topics you are studying, you will be able to evaluate how well students can take information they learned and retel...
three verbs ending in ing about the opposite of the subject Line 6: two adjectives describing the opposite Line 7: one noun opposite of the subject Plan for writing Graphic organizer Your topic is favorite food Obvious opposite Ex. If your favorite food is your subject, then your opposite wou...
David Lehman, the anthology’s series editor, hosted the evening, and his introductory remarks surely resonated with writers of all genres. He imparted this advice to aspiring poets: “Don’t postpone writing the poem.” A renowned poet himself, Lehman cited a passage from Nicholson Baker’s ...
snacks. Slowly, we have added in poetry discussions and free writes. I am simply amazed at the change that has come over some of these children. The boys who once sat in the corner giving me a look like “Mom made me come” are now sharing poems and freewriting them during Poetry ...
She began writing as Charlee Jacob in 1986. Charlee was also a digger for dinosaur bones, a seller of designer rags, and a cook, to mention only a few things. With more than 950 publishing credits, this native Texan was best known for her graphic explorations of the themes of human ...
She began writing as Charlee Jacob in 1986. Charlee was also a digger for dinosaur bones, a seller of designer rags, and a cook, to mention only a few things. With more than 950 publishing credits, this native Texan was best known for her graphic explorations of the themes of human ...
One of the artifacts they show in the opening movie that I really wanted to see but isn’t on display is the sheet from the yellow pad where Bob wrote his first original song —Song For Woody— but to me is particularly interesting because he cites writing it at Mill’s Bar on Bleecke...
Day and night, morn’ and noon. I am attention addictive, That’s why I adorn see-through garbs! I seek attention, under the sun Even under the moon. I am attention famished, That’s why I wear sagging pants! I can’t get enough of attention, ...
Her work can be found in various online and print publications, including Big Echo: Critical Science Fiction Magazine, Sinister Wisdom, Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing, and in her collection of essays and short fiction, A Failure to Communicate. Her collection of...