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I am…

Metaphors allow us to transform ourselves, if just for a moment. The 7th graders of Nettelhorst asked themselves what they could become after we read “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday. […]

America’s Nation

During our most recent workshop, Hyde Park began our session by attempting to fill in a map of the United States. This sparked a discussion about what it means to be part of a […]

Persona Poems

This week as we prepare to wind down and finish up our residency, I decided to bring in a wonderful lesson plan by another Poet In Residence, Noel Quiñones. We started off by listening […]

Sounds We Hate, Sounds We Love

We all have sounds we adore and sounds that make us cringe. The 7th graders of Nettelhorst asked themselves what these sounds were for them before we read “Sweet Like a Crow” by Michael […]

Black Out Poems!

At Smyser Elementary, students explored blackout poems and created their visual poetry through art. Check out what they created! Mrs. Showalter’s ClassHazel P. Valerie S., “Where have all the children gone?” Noah C. Sienna […]

Poets can see into the future

For their 8th week, Twain 6th graders used poetry as a crystal ball to see into their futures. I asked students “What do you wish to do in the future? How can you achieve […]

“When will it be my turn to control time?”

Today Brennemann 2nd graders talked about what it means to be curious: to be interested in learning what we don’t know and wanting to understand how things work and why things and people are […]

“Dark and light both fill the page…”

Last Friday Swift 2nd graders began with a chat about things that are small enough to fit in one’s pocket, such as coins, crumbs, pieces of candy, and folded up pieces of paper. We […]

Concrete Poetry (High School)

Sometimes words are not enough to convey what we are trying to say. The high schoolers of MLA thought about what objects, animals, or shapes meant a lot to them before reading “Social Distancing” […]

Group Poems (8th Grade)

What can writing with a partner accomplish that can’t be done alone? This is the question the 8th graders of Clinton reflected on after watching “Cat Poem” by the Get Lit Los Angeles BNV […]

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I’M FROM THE CITY LIGHTS / STREAMING OUT IN THE NIGHT / AND HUGE SKYSCRAPERS / TOWERING OVER THE LAKE – MELISSA E., 7TH GRADE POET