Our host Angie Braaten has been teaching English Language Arts since 2013. She started her teaching career in Louisiana for five years, then moved overseas and taught in Bangladesh and Kuwait. She is now teaching in Mauritius. Her overseas experiences have opened her mind in …
Our Host Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana. Margaret has been an elementary school teacher for 36 years, most recently teaching gifted students in Iberia Parish. Her first book of children’s poetry was published in 2018 by UL Press, Bayou …
Our Host Barbara Edler taught English Language Arts, Speech & Drama, and TAG students for forty-two and a half years. Although she misses the classroom, she keeps busy as The Keokuk Art Center’s Executive Director where she enjoys planning artistic endeavors and hosting artist receptions. …
Our Host Jordan lives in Suffolk, VA where she teaches at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, an independent, collegiate preparatory school, where she teaches advanced junior English classes and a creative writing elective. After spending six years in diverse public schools in Houston, TX, she has the privilege …
Our Host Amber lives in Grove, Oklahoma where she teaches English Language Arts at Grove High School. She serves as the sponsor for International Club: this past summer, Amber traveled with students on adventures across Japan; and this upcoming summer they will go to Venice, …
Our Host Joanne Emery has worked in education for forty years as a classroom teacher, learning specialist, and curriculum coordinator. She is a member of the Advisory Board at Rutgers University Center for Literacy. Joanne regularly presents her work in educational journals and academic conferences. …
Our Host Denise Krebs is a retired teacher after 30 years in the classroom. She spends her days on the lookout for the good in people and the world. Some days it’s harder than others. She lives with her husband in the Mojave desert. She …
Thank you so much for joining us for poetry. We are in week two of Verselove, 30 days of reading, writing, and communing with poetry. In our first week together, we made 2683 poems and poetic responses on this site together with 1598 teacher-educators (and …
Our Host James is a guitarist, writer, and 4-star cheesecake baker (according to his wife). He was recently published in the Poet’s Choice collection of supernatural poetry, Paranormal, and will be featured in an upcoming edition of the zine Black Stone/White Stone. This is James’s …
Our Host Katrina teaches English and German in a rural community in Osage County, Oklahoma. She has worked in education her entire career. This is her 18th year in the classroom. She has a master’s degree in Higher Education Leadership from Northeastern State University. In …