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Poems drawn from going to school will be the subject of a dramatic reading Wednesday night at Harper College.Poets Maggie Anderson and David Hassler will read from their book “Learning by Heart ...
And I'm learning the discipline it takes to write good poetry." The book features 40 poems by 40 poets, enough for a read-aloud poem each week during a school year.
English professor emeritus Herbert Martin has “good poems to sell.” His latest collection, The Shape of Regret ($16.99, Wayne State University Press), includes this line spoken by the ghost of poet ...
Good morning. It’s Monday. ... She said that when CUNY approached her about writing a poem for the school, “they were like: Well, Ms. Poet, we’d love to hear what your experience has been.
A good poem can jolt our minds into thinking about the country’s most important stories in unexpected ways, our National editor writes. By Marc Lacey Times Insider explains who we are and what ...
Olivia Vella presented the poem to her class as her final assignment in her writing class at Queen Creek Middle School. The school initially posted the video of Vella's performance on its Facebook ...
And I'm learning the discipline it takes to write good poetry." The book features 40 poems by 40 poets, enough for a read-aloud poem each week during a school year.
Her poem, which explores the question, "Why am I not good enough?" has been viewed millions of times in the past week. "The reaction to the video shows I am not alone," she told ABC News .
Vella’s poem resonated beyond the classroom too. A video of her performance of the poem on the middle school’s Facebook page now has 192K views; it has also been reposted on YouTube.
A Windsor High School junior will take his demanding stage presence to a national audience, performing poetry that speaks to his identity as a person of color. “I am the Smoke King. I am Black,” ...
The 13-year-old openly discussed the struggles young people face during those "awkward" middle school years. The peer pressure to look and act a certain way, the bullying, all the challenges of ...