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Week 4: Five Minutes of Fame

9 Dec 2022

Ms. Widmen High School Creative Writing Week 4: Five Minutes of Fame This week we talked gossip and celebrity via persona poetry. We read Morgan Paker’s “Beyonce on the Line for Gaga.” […]

A New Challenger Has Entered the Arena

2 Dec 2022

Ms. Widmen High School Creative Writing Week 4: A New Challenger Has Entered the Arena This week we discussed the epic. We read “The Leaving” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly and brainstormed about what […]

What in the World of a Poem?

18 Nov 2022

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing Week 2: What In The World of a Poem? This week we explored world building in poetry. The class read the beautiful love poem “The Quiet […]

Ms. Widman High School Creative Writing Week 1: What Makes a Poem? For our first class together, Ms. Widman’s creative writing class read “Questions” by Rachel Richardson. We discussed the big question: […]

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