Inspiration Music is the source of beauty, memories, and emotions. When I was experiencing a dark and depressing period of my life, I turned to poetry and music for healing. Find something in music or lyrics that bring you peace and healing to write a …
Inspiration In the vignette “Hairs” from House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros reveals many interesting details about the narrator’s family, especially her mother, through a discussion of one physical trait: hair. Her first paragraph describes the hair of the narrator’s father and the hair of …
Inspiration Etheree Taylor Armstong, an Arkansas poet, created a simple poetic form called appropriately Etheree. An etheree consists of ten lines with each line’s syllabication increasing by one. Line 1 begins with one syllable, line two has two syllables, line three has three syllables, etc. …
Inspiration Today I invite you to compose a Blitz poem. Created by Robert Kiem, the Blitz poem speeds along in a succession of short phrases reinforced by repetition. Although 50 lines long, the short phrases and repetition make the Blitz a snappy poem easy to …
Thank you for joining us for #verselove, a 30-day celebration of poetry for April, National Poetry Month. This celebration is open to all– preservice teachers, new and veteran teachers, teacher educators, retired teachers, people who work with youth, and parents (because you are a child’s …
Inspiration Today let’s write Dramatic Monologue Poems. Sometimes people ask us to say something to our younger selves, your first-year teacher self, or your before-you-got-married self. Today’s inspiration comes from seeing a picture of me in 5th grade and remembering all the stress from being …
Inspiration Today let’s write Women Wonders poems. Although it isn’t yet Women’s History Month, I celebrate “wonder women” every day. My inspiration comes from the realities of the figurative and literal loads women carry. Process Think about the women in your life — the ones …
Inspiration Today we are writing Hot Lines poetry. Nicholson Baker shared his advice to writers: “Copy out things that you really love. Put the quotation marks around it, put the date that you’re doing the copying out, and then copy it out. You’ll find that …
Inspiration Today, we are writing Abuelito Who poems! Sandra Cisneros is today’s inspiration. Her quote spoke to me, and I have a feeling it’s inspiring more than just today’s prompt. She said, “When you have your heart broken wide, you are also open to things …
Thank you for joining us on our last day of the December writing challenge. A very special thank you to Glenda Funk who developed all the poem inspirations and encouraged us each day. Next month, Stacey Joy will guide our writing from January 18-22. We …