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“I look at the sky. Then back at it”: Time of Day Poems

Students read Peggy Trojan’s deceptively simple poem, Noon Hour, We talked about the two-word title, the two-stanza poem, short lines, putting big ideas into small containers, empathy, marginalized characters, and the one period at […]

“You sizzle and burn out but you never fold from the pressure.” Star Search

Students read a student poem that used personification to talk to a star before trying their hands at their own poems addressing something… bigger than themselves while using words from legendary poet/teacher Kim Addonizio’s […]

“Do anything you want/The limits are the sky/ Only one restriction apply”: Portrait Poems

Students read Instructions to the Artist by Billy Collins before crafting their own portrait-inspired poems. Lesson Note: According to findings by the leading researcher on the power of writing and journaling for healing purposes, […]

“Wondering about about about EVeRyThIng”: Poems about wishes, wants…and night

Students doodled, dreamed, and read poems about wishes, things that go bump in the night, and a ‘Quiet Night Thought’ by poet Li Bai before crafting their own wonderful works. Quiet Night Thought by […]

“but at the end of the day every/ body is going to do what they /want to do”: Table Poems

A common household object became the focus of this lesson while studying Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps The World Ends Here. The poet James Merrill once commented that ‘we understand history from the family around […]

” my clothing, simple; to hold my dog; my hair, curled in; and I, sitting on a stool;”: Portait Poems

Students read Instructions to the Artist by Billy Collins before crafting their own portrait-inspired poems. Lesson Note: According to findings by the leading researcher on the power of writing and journaling for healing purposes, […]

“To another holding room until she went upstairs to stay”: To the Stars

Students read a student poem that used personification to talk to a star before trying their hands at their own poems addressing something… bigger than themselves while using words from legendary poet/teacher Kim Addonizio’s […]

“devastating or joyful”: Table Talk

A common household object became the focus for this lesson, while studying Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps The World Ends Here. The poet James Merrill once commented that ‘we understand history from the family around […]

“can you end wars?” (translated from the Ukranian) & “so bright but so dark” : Star Poems

Students read a student poem that used personification to talk to a star before trying their hands at their own poems addressing something… bigger than themselves while using words from legendary poet/teacher Kim Addonizio’s […]

“But as a ghost, watching over you, giving a sign of presence.”: Table Poems

A common household object became the focus of this lesson while studying Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps The World Ends Here. The poet James Merrill once commented, ‘we understand history from the family around the […]

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