SUMMER SCHOOL SENRYU by Don Kingfisher Campbell (1) PRE-TEST It's like light rain heard outside a window-- students writing. (2) CLASSWORK Binders opening and closing--popcorn, popcorn, popcorn! (3) FRIDAY TEST Chair leaning back, looking for answers in the ceiling. (4)... Continue Reading →
Summer Brimstone by Wanda Morrow Clevenger Revivals were held at the fairgrounds in the '60s; 7 nights in 80 degree summer fired up long before sunset officiated by some hotshot from somewhere else brought in to shake the roof because... Continue Reading →
Father: Every Morning of His Life by Donal Mahoney The cup he took his tea from all those years was Army surplus, made of tin. It whirred to the spoon he wound in it 15 times per lump of sugar.... Continue Reading →
Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti gives a reading.
Ending the Drought by Elizabeth McBride It’s raining! We have waited for so long we hurry to our doorways and lean out to breathe the sweet brown smell of earth licked wet by drops that sip between roots of curled... Continue Reading →
Robots In War Spoken Word Poetry By Rotherham Young Writers June 2011 Robots in War is a Red Cross & Radiowaves competition that asks children & young people to express their thoughts and feelings about current developments in military robotics... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 