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Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.
There’s joy in writing terrible poetry. In looking back at it and laughing a little. It’s the joy of having tried something ...
Melissa Ferrer Civil found community, and a path toward better mental health, through poetry. Now, she’s spreading the good ...
I help my students gather strength with their use of language so when a vortex of ignorance arrives, they will go in the ...
Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form ...
McCOOK, Neb. - Carlos Dominguez walked into our newsroom carrying a folder and beaming with pride. Inside was a copy of a poem he had written and mailed to Donald Trump, then President-elect, in ...
What do you get if you add poems that are “Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids” with pictures of yetis and primordial slime?
So it’s good for expressing myself ... Sixteen high schoolers will also participate in Poetry In Voice’s FutureVerse program, with the four-day intensive mix of workshops, panels, and ...
Along with English teachers ... how a poem could be best performed, you know? Typically, I would say our best performers have almost matched my vision, but he exceeds my vision for how good ...
But he’s thankful for the poems — and the cake. When I reach Robert Pinsky at his Cambridge home, it’s the day before he ... my emotion about not being a teacher than I am about leaving ...
Ready for a little good ... the poetry of Denver students, this year titled denverpoets, Volume One. The collection is a relaunch of a highly successful program initiated by retired DPS teacher ...
From there, students will use the poems Smith selected to inspire poems of their own. Smith likens the experience to a yoga teacher guiding ... cause more harm than good if sustainability is ...