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Instructions On…

Last week’s session came with a sweet surprise from the poetry club. They greeted me with a warm “Happy Birthday!” and we spent some time celebrating before moving into poem time for the day. […]

Aaaaand We’re Back!

Welcome to a new year with Carver Military Academy’s poets, dear reader! It was an absolute joy seeing Ms. Litton’s familiar face as she welcomed me back into her classroom. This year, we’re joined […]

Bittersweet Goodbyes

My last week at Carver was a beautiful reminder that Carver’s poets are a talented crew. The session began with an exciting update: most students decided to perform in the school’s end-of-year talent show! […]

Free To Write

Last week’s lesson was based on a workshop created fellow Poet-In-Residence Timothy Rey. This lesson was pretty different from many others we’ve done, but Carver students were kind and open to the process. After […]

A Bowl of Potpourri

For the past few months, Carver students have worked hard creating poems, some students doing it for the very first time. Last week, Carver’s students took a break from writing new poems and spent […]

My People, My People

This week’s lesson was borrowed from fellow Poet In Residence Philip Berezney. Students came into our space giddy to share life updates and poems that they’ve been working on outside of our Tuesday space. […]

Ick Poems

This week’s lesson was borrowed from fellow poet-in-residence Lisa Low. During our discussion, students shared some their icks with the group. Some of these included loud food chewers and dishonesty, and students definitely didn’t […]

On Everything

Last week, Carver students got a taste of some local poetry by way of the south side. Our time together began with a discussion about some of our favorite inside jokes or words we […]

Spring Is Here

Our pre-Spring break session was a chill one, filled with new poem drafts and an open mic session. Students were excited to share that they’d been working on poems outside of our poetry club, […]

Ode to Me, New to You

Last week, Carver students tried their hands at a new type of poem: the ever-powerful ode. Students first heard a reading of “Ode to Cardi B” and my poem “Ode to Ursula.” After a […]

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