A Wish

Strife, fear, hate pervade Wasting living potential Understanding, love Peace to create, plant, construct Giving today tomorrow   Photo by MaxNFang and shared on DeviantArt

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A poem dedicated to COOL

An acrostic poem dedicated to my #OneLittleWord for 2016: Cool Thanks to Steven Bratman on Flickr for the marvelous photo (he has other amazing photos to inspire your writing)

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Apocalypse now

This prompt is about exploring what is troubling you. You don’t have to be a Walking Dead fan to know that zombies are really in right now. However, if you start to dig into the topic you will discover just why we see so many of the monstrous shambling hordes. Zombies are a stand in…

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At Sea

Somehow this poem came out of my daily journaling. I am not sure that I am in as dark a place as this poem suggests…perhaps the poem…the journal is my way to let it out so I can stay in the light.

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Forbidden

Forbidden the adult section of the library no one cares I have already read Little House and Nancy Drew Small notebooks with marbled covers, purchased from the Five and Dime nestle into my back pocket as I stand up on my bike pedals to make it up the ridge I only dare share the stories…

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Anticipation

The way I feel as I prepare to teach my fall classes: Together we will create something whole from parts with our hands, hearts, minds as we discover, invent together we will become Write your own Tanka poem Photo by Bertrand | Creative Commons  

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Silence

Silence is a well a dark, scret, endless place to dispose of truth a precarious cudgel wielded without consequence   Image Source Write your own Tanka poem

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3 Reasons To Play In #6words

I love six word stories. I love to play with them and I use them all the time in my classroom. I especially like creating six word story posters by combining words and images (such as those found on Six Word Story Every Day). If you haven’t falled in love with six word play then…

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The Importance of Creative Play

An online community has been challenging me to play more this summer and it has reminded me how important creative play can be for our mental well-being. I think physical play is important, but there is something about letting our creative juices flow that makes us feel more alive and removes (or at least reduces)…

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Muse Game

There are days when I just don’t know what to write. I want to write. I want to play, but there does not seem to be a particular poem, story, or essay demanding to be written. So I have created the Muse Game to help me jumpstart my creativity. The game is simple: Spin and…

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Found Poetry

I was recently challenged to work with new media and during the course of my exploration of that idea I rediscovered a really fun creative challenge – Found Poetry. According to Poets.Org, “Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry…

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