Tag Archives: Poetry

Fly In Formation With Us, Like Geese ~ National Poetry Month 2013 (Amy)

Posted on April 3, 2013 by hamy10

“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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High School Student Generated Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month (Amy)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by hamy10

“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti  In anticipation of National Poetry Month my creative writing students at Gwinn High School spent the two weeks before spring break contemplating activities that could engage other … Continue reading →

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My Students Sing the Body Electric: Digital Spoken Word Poetry (Amy)

Posted on May 23, 2011 by hamy10

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 →

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My Students’ Gift Poem for National Poetry Month (Amy)

Posted on April 20, 2011 by hamy10

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 →

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My Students’ Writing Prompts in Celebration of National Poetry Month (Amy)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by hamy10

“If you want a poem,” wrote Gwendolyn Brooks, “You only have to look out a window. There is material always, walking, running, fighting or screaming or singing.” In celebration of today being the 1st day of National Poetry Month my creative … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day (Heather)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by hamy10

“so I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache.” ~ Pablo Neruda “I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and … Continue reading →

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Be More, Have Less: Tapping into our Higher Creativity and Simplifying our Lives (Heather)

Posted on September 19, 2010 by hamy10

  “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” ~Henry David Thoreau             For our tenth year of teaching, Amy and I … Continue reading →

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