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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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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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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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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7 Reasons To Write For Yourself
We have been writing most of our lives and much of that time, since our fingers first curled around that thick primary pencil, we have been writing for purposes dictated by others. You have written school essays and business reports and job applications, you have probably used a residency personal statement writing service, but when was…
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