An adaptation of a presentation at the 2024 MCTE Spring Conference On the first day of an artist-in-residence gig, I generally dodge the question: What is poetry? I’ve been a working poet for twenty years, was on two National Poetry Slam championship teams, performed everywhere from the Target Center to the United Nations, even contributed … Continue reading Speak Something Alive: Spoken Word Poetry in the Classroom by Kyle Tran Myhre
Two Poems by Patrick Hueller
Acts 2 & 3 Today in my overheated classrooma fight broke outbetween two girls.We were reading Romeo & Juliet—the balcony scene,which doesn’t actually take placeon a balcony: if you’re just reading the play, not watching it, the only stage direction given is Romeo sees lightcoming from an upper windowand, moments later, Juliet appears at the window.But then again … Continue reading Two Poems by Patrick Hueller
Addressing Racial Injustice Through Allyship: Teaching to See by Using Poetry by Sharon Rudnicki
(Note: The editors have chosen to partially redact a form of the n-word that appears when quoting Kendrick Lamar's lyrics.) Introduction In 2016, America was treated to two excellent television series that focus on the life of O.J. Simpson, FX’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and ESPN’s O.J.: Made in … Continue reading Addressing Racial Injustice Through Allyship: Teaching to See by Using Poetry by Sharon Rudnicki
We Made it for You by Daniel Ellis
I’m here to speak truth. I’m here to speak truth. I’m here to speak truth. Truth in the light of histories textbooks. That deny my heritage. Truth in the light of men’s ignorance. Whom infringe upon the rights of those who’re indigenous. Truth in the light of broken dreams. As they carried us in chains … Continue reading We Made it for You by Daniel Ellis
Poetry Selections from Joshua Feliciano
More Than Just Words Poetry is like a song written on paper It doesn’t always have to rhyme It doesn’t always need time You could make a poem in poetry about everything It could take seconds and it can take hours But poetry is like a way of expression You can always use it when … Continue reading Poetry Selections from Joshua Feliciano
Five Poems by Dallas Crow
[pdf version here: Crow-poems] Antigone in Her Tomb _____________________________________________________________________________ Zeus, Your will, finally, is unknowable. I am exhausted, exasperated. Look where my most willful vows have landed me. Father, mother, and a brother already underground, exiled for eternity from our native Thebes . . . I claim no kin in that city. My so-called sister … Continue reading Five Poems by Dallas Crow
Selections by Richard Terrill
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4 Poems by Richard Robbins
St. Francis and the Birds —a painting by Stanley Spencer The parade will go no further than the wall, where the gardener shields her eyes, the ducks, hens, and geese scuttle toward his frock, each dove and jay leaning forward on the low tiled roof to watch the boy lead each one, saint and bird, … Continue reading 4 Poems by Richard Robbins
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