Sijo: Korean Poem with a Twist

Inspiration Process Write Resources Barbara Edler currently works part time teaching college composition courses at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. When she’s not teaching, assessing student work, or writing poetry, Barb enjoys watching birds along the Mississippi River, reading mysteries, and playing cards. …

Poetic Drive-bys

Inspiration Process Write Resources Bryan Ripley Crandall lives in Stratford, Connecticut, where he directs the Connecticut Writing Project and is Associate Professor of English Education at Fairfield University. He gained his teaching legs at the J. Graham Brown School in Louisville, Kentucky, a K-12 public …

Grammatically Ungrammatical

Inspiration Process Write Resources Jennifer Guyor Jowett lives in the mitten state where she’s taught Literature and English for over thirty years. She is the creator of the DogEaredBookAwards, the author of a middle grade historical fiction Into the Shadows, and her poems can be …

What a Wonderful World of Words

Inspiration Process Write Resources Stacey L. Joy is a National Board Certified Teacher, Google Certified Educator, L.A. County and LAUSD Teacher of the Year with over 37 years of elementary classroom teaching experience. She currently teaches 5th grade at Baldwin Hills Gifted Magnet and Pilot …

Weekend Coffee Share Poem

Inspiration Process Write Resources Kim Johnson, Ed.D., lives on a farm in Williamson, Georgia, where she serves as District Literacy Specialist for Pike County Schools. She enjoys writing, reading, traveling, camping, and spending time with her husband and three rescue schnoodles with literary names – …

Rest & Resist: Composing a Haibun Poem 

Inspiration Process Write Resources Glenda retired from full-time teaching in 2019 after a 38 year career and is now substitute teaching in her district. In addition to being a dog and cat mom, Glenda is a doting grandmother to baby Ezra, who at eight months …

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Metaphor Mumbo Jumbo Jam

Welcome to Day 5 of the March Open Write. A very special thank you to Stefani, Katrina, and Denise for inspiring our writing and taking such good care of our hearts and minds this month. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If …

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Seeing the Stranger

Welcome to Day 4 of the March Open Write. A very special thank you to Stefani, Katrina, and Denise for inspiring our writing and taking such good care of our hearts and minds this month. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If …

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Flipping Poetry

Welcome to Day 3 of the March Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, …

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Pile Poem

Welcome to Day 2 of the March Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, …