Finding creativity and connecting writing to the natural world.
Making memories vividly present with Mary Kinzie’s “First Passion."
Writing poems about pandemic times.
A lesson plan for collaborative poems inspired by Aracelis Girmay.
A conversation with Aracelis Girmay on poetry, teaching, and picture books.
On balance, brevity, and powder days.
A poetry-inspired mural at Lea Elementary in West Philly.
Recommended lesson plans, resources, interviews, and essays.
Jayne Cortez's poem "These New York City Pigeons" inspires student poetry.
The teacher as writer.
Video Project
Tools gathered from even-odd project elevators.
An Interview with Glynn Pogue
Lesson by Sheila Maldonado as told to Azka Anwar.
Using Photographs to Take a Closer Look at Our Parents and Ourselves
Reading lists and resources for teaching LGBTQ+ texts in the classroom.
The names we are given, the names we give ourselves, the names society gives us, are powerful kindling for poetry.
A Lesson Plan for “Dream Poems”
Poems Written During the Pandemic
Connecting to the spiritual through "Song of Myself" and writing poetry.
Teaching writing from a distance in times of isolation and crisis.
Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month
Using form to navigate identity and language.
Poetic Cartographies in the Virtual Classroom