Our final poetry class at Pilgrim was more celebration than lesson, with the students from both classes performing their favorite poems in the chapel. Taken as a collection, their work stunned me, and reminded me of why I do this job, and how much I enjoy the poems Pilgrim wrote this past year. Standouts included a poem from the point-of-view of a painted figure on a canvas and an abandoned Barbie doll, and the way Terror (personified here in an excellent revision exercise)  can cling to us, even to our clothes! 
    Too many wonderful poems to speak to, but I really enjoyed working with Ms. Sobjack and Mrs. Tighe's classes this year--truly an excursion into the world of "pure imagination." *

* A shout-out to the wonderful Willy Wonka operetta Pilgrim put on this Spring. Thanks for inviting me to the show!