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Fly In Formation With Us, Like Geese ~ National Poetry Month 2013 (Amy)
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke While the calendar may announce that it is spring, the weather in Upper Michigan has a different opinion. It has been … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sand County Almanac, Academy of American Poets, Aldo Leopold, Dream Work, Gwinn High School, high school creative writing, Marquette University, Mary Oliver, National Poetry Month, National Writing Project, Poems about Geese, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, spring poems
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National Poetry Month 2013 ~ Student Posters (Amy)
“Write about your sorrows, Your wishes, Your passing thoughts, Your belief in anything beautiful.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke Every year I anticipate getting the new National Poetry Month poster in my school mailbox. This year I decided it would be a … Continue reading
Ushering in the New Year with a Flourish
By Heather Hollands “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” ~Annie Dillard My one-word resolution for 2013 is “flourish.” I like one-word resolutions because they guide you throughout the year but don’t restrict you to … Continue reading
Soon summer will be a “figment” of our imaginations (Heather and Amy)
“The beginning of a book – the first chapter, really – is a revelation to me. I can’t outline anything else, or even really think about what comes next in the story, until that first part is there on the page. And … Continue reading
What My Mother Taught Me About Shakespeare (Amy)
“The cathexis between mother and daughter—essential, distorted misused — is the great unwritten story. Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alike bodies, one which has lain in … Continue reading
My Students Sing the Body Electric: Digital Spoken Word Poetry (Amy)
I sing the body electric, The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them, They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge … Continue reading
My Students’ Gift Poem for National Poetry Month (Amy)
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller “Look! Five poems were delivered to my mailbox!” I squeal, holding up five envelopes … Continue reading
Surprise Me
~Guest Blog by Joe Routhier It shouldn’t surprise me that members of Congress don’t get it. It shouldn’t surprise me that there are large groups of community members , even parents, that don’t get it. It shouldn’t surprise me that … Continue reading
Funding Programs Like the NWP States that Education Matters
Guest Blog by Shannon Ruiz While visiting my parents’ home this week during our Spring Break, I came across an assignment from my high school years. As I was not much different from my own students, there was no … Continue reading
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