Poetry

Poetry gets a bad rap. Maybe it was force-fed at school. Taught by a less-than-enthusiastic teacher. Or perhaps the instruction got too technical. Too sappy. …

Yes, I can get pretty geeked out about National Poetry Month. As a middle school teacher, I couldn’t wait for April, not because it meant …

Ask anyone who’s waited for a sunrise… We piled into cars – four families: grandparents, grown children, grandchildren – and drove sleepily through the gloaming …

This year, for a change of pace from our usual Truth in the Tinsel Christmas countdown activities, we had the opportunity to use The Christmas …

I have grown to love children’s poetry. There’s some quite sophisticated verse for little ones, not just silly rhymes – although those are fun too! …