5/30, We Wear the Mask Poem

Our Host Anna J. Small Roseboro is a wife and mother, poet and writing coach, and National Board Certified Teacher with over forty years of experience.  She has taught English and Speech to students in middle school, high school, and Literacy in the Content Areas …

4/30, Say to Them Poem

Our Host Allison Berryhill teaches English and journalism in Atlantic, Iowa. She is a publications-coordinator for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English.  Her sonnets have been awarded first place in the Iowa Poetry Association’s Lyrical Iowa competition in 2019 and 2020. Her 2020 sonnet …

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3/30, I Don’t Want To Be

Our Host Glenda is an NBCT with an MA in English literature. She taught English and speech 38 years and worked as an adjunct instructor for Idaho State University and the College of Southern Idaho before retiring in August 2019. As part of the NEA …

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2/30, Bop Poem

Our Host Mo Daley is a middle school reading specialist in Homewood, Illinois. She has taught many subjects at just about every grade level, but has found her passion helping tweens and teens fall in love with reading. Mo may be obsessed with Little Free …

1/30, Shadow Poem

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Rooted in Community by Kristen Pastore-Capuana

Kristen Pastore-Capuana is an assistant professor of English at Buffalo State College, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate English education courses. She is also the co-coordinator of field experiences and community partnerships. A former high school English teacher in Western New York, Dr. Pastore-Capuana’s fourteen …

Backwards Poetry

Day 5, March’s Open Write with Katrina Morison Katrina teaches Pre AP English II and English IV in Skiatook, Oklahoma. She has taught in six counties in Oklahoma and in the US Virgin Islands. She seeks to be welcoming and responsive in her professional and …

License Plate Poetry

Day 4, March’s Open Write with Katrina Morison Katrina Morison teaches Pre AP English II and English IV in Skiatook, Oklahoma. She has taught in six counties in Oklahoma and in the US Virgin Islands. She seeks to be welcoming and responsive in her professional …

March Open Write

Your Life’s Table of Contents

Day 3, March’s Open Write with Dr. Kimberly Johnson Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D., is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. A former public school classroom teacher for 20 Years, she taught all grades except 4th and 12th, and she …