Open Write is here for you every month. We are teachers writing poetry in community–mending our souls and bringing the joy of writing in community back to our classrooms. Today is our last day for the June Open Write, but we’ll see you again next …
The Traveling Companion
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …
The Perfect Getaway
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. We’ll be here today, tomorrow and Monday. This month Leilya Pitre has a series on “Summer Escapes & …
Free Summer Writing Renewal PD for Literacy Educators and Writers
JUST WORDS: A Gentle Workshop for Writing for Young Readers Recharge Your Writing Life Through Children’s Literature, Creativity, and Community Online • Free • Open to Educators, Writers, and Anyone Curious About Writing for Young Readers Looking for a different kind of summer professional development? …
Found Poem
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. In May Jessica Wiley and Erica Johnson invited us to celebrate the place they call home (and our …
Talk About Trees
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, our friends Jessica Wiley and Erica Johnson invite us to celebrate the place they …
Place-Based Poetry
This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. Today, tomorrow, and Monday, our friends Jessica Wiley and Erica Johnson will invite us to celebrate the place …
VerseLove Closing Invitation
Congratulations! Look what we’ve made together. This month’s writing has been held in generous company. We are deeply grateful to the hosts who offered their time, creativity, and care—opening space for us to think, write, and listen together. These are humble people who ask for …
Making the Invisible Visible
Welcome.VerseLove is Ethical ELA’s celebration of National Poetry Month each April. Please share a favorite moment of your time together this month here. Our Hosts Barbara Edler is a talented and gifted instructor for Keokuk High School, located in southeast Iowa. She is a veteran …
Instructions For Poems
Verselove is a community celebration of poetry in April—an invitation to write, read, and reflect together. You’re welcome to write a poem a day or to come and go as you need. Reading and leaving a brief note—a line you loved, an image that stayed, …