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Storytime

This week the young viking writers explored narrative in terms of collective familiarity and the deeply personal narrative in the family. We read Marie Howe’s “Gretel, from a Sudden Clearing” and Kayleb Rae Candrilli’s […]

Nature Poems

This week the young viking writers went on a side quest outdoors to find inspiration in the courtyard of their school building. Before venturing outside, we discussed “why” nature poetry and what does nature […]

And it’s a wrap!

Today we wrapped up our residency at Latino Youth High School with both our English Class and After School Poetry Club by watching some videos of some significant spoken word poets. I introduced students […]

All’s Well That End’s Well

I’ve reached the end of my residency here at Perez, and another school year draws to a close. For our last class, we celebrated by having an in-class poetry reading, where everyone had a […]

Hyde Park Is Sticking Together

This past Thursday was bittersweet, as it marked the final session of Hyde Park’s 2025 poetry club. The poets were presented with a chapbook, full of their favorite poems written over the year. The […]

Final Poetry Party

We had our final poetry party today. It was so hard to say goodbye but we had so much fun! We passed out our final poetry books that we’ve been working so hard on […]

The Shape of Poetry

This week was the 10th and final poetry session for Twain 5th graders for the school year. Since, I know the 5th graders are fantastic artists, to celebrate our last day we explored concrete […]

Paint Chip Party

This week for our 10th and last day of our residency, we celebrated with color. Together we read and discussed the poem “What You Need for Painting,” by Raymond Carter, based on a letter […]

Poetry Publishing: Part 2

Today, I made a visit to Swift to work with small groups on their revisions for their final poems in our poetry books. We had a great time being able to work in a […]

Poetry Publishing

Today we started working toward our final poetry books! We got to choose a poem that we love to continue working on. We talked together about our goals, including using shorter lines to make […]

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