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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day One
Today was the first day of the English Workshop at Al Bashaer High School in Sakhnin, Israel. There were four classes of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The classes only last for 45 minutes and that seems...
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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Two
Today the students worked on poems about a body part. I asked them to write at least four lines and to try to include a simile or a metaphor. We had a lengthy discussion about these concepts and they...
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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Three
R-L, Sara and Adan Today, we talked about Haiku and looked at sample poems. All told me they had never heard of the concept. I had the students come to the board and mark the syllables as they counted...
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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Four
Mohammad reading a dramatic monologue The seventh graders were on a field trip today so we doubled up our classrooms and team taught. Perry Brokow, a retired teacher from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and I joined...
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Listen to a poem on WVXU, Cincinnati
On November 20, 2014, I recorded a few poems and an interview for WVXU, Cincinnati, Ohio. You can check out one of the poems here.
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Browndress by Grace Curtis (Me, as a Child Poetry Series)
Grace Curtis:This out today at Silver Birch Press. Originally posted on Silver Birch Press: Browndress by Grace Curtis I. I’m a red bull, a thing in another time that might be called overactive. The...
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Interview on Poetry – Miami Valley Voices – April 5, 2015
On April 5, 2015, I was interviewed by Ron Rollins for Miami Valley Voices, a podcast put together by WHIO, a TV and Radio station in Dayton, Ohio. You can hear the interview here.
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A Riff on Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “One Art”
In late December, a string of rejections coupled with the endless gray days of the Midwestern sky, caused me to stop writing altogether during January and most of February. I felt uninspired, and even...
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So You Think You Know the Romantic Poets? Test Yourself.
Can you tell the major Romantic poets apart based on their writing? Just for fun, see if you can match the lines of poetry with the poet who wrote them on the basis of style. Click on the link below...
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