wow. i haven't posted here in forever ( Read more... )

here are two of the three poems i wrote in the workshop today. i don't think i'm turning either of them in because i don't think they're very good, but i wanted to share to see what others thought cuz...ya know, i always say my poems suck or aren't good and then people love them?

CHILD ( Read more... )

i haven't posted in quite some time, i know. things have been hectic ( Read more... )

i've taught five classes total so far. well, i led three of those. cassie led one and tasha led another. doing my sixth tomorrow, and i'm leading. in the beginning i was chock full of ideas of what to teach the kids, and now i am drawing a blank. i have no idea what to teach tomorrow. i wanted to go with the tilly and the wall idea but i don't ( Read more... )

thanks for all of your critiques on the piece i posted. i just sent it off to the postmodern experience, with the edits you all pointed out, so i'll know within a few days whether they choose to use it or not. even if they don't, at least i got it out there. some of you said i should try to publish it elsewhere, too, so we'll see. maybe i will. i' ( Read more... )

chris is on his way home from touring with his band, the flukes. they decided to drive back tonight rather than crash at some guy's place in virginia which was two hours out of their way home. and so, while waiting (they were in DC tonight...about a 5-6 hour drive), i worked on my piece for the postmodern experience. it took...a lot. a lot of ( Read more... )

today i sat in on a small presentation during kent state's club english meeting about the postmodern experience (a radio show on kent state's black squirrel radio, much like NPR's this american life). to get straight to the point, the next episode's theme is addiction. instantly my ears perked up and i thought "this is it. its time for me to get ( Read more... )

i was supposed to try writing my own version of the poems i will be teaching. i'd already written an "i am from" poem in high school (part of why i wanted to teach it) and i wrote and "i remember" poem earlier for my teaching poetry class, so i had four more poems to write tonight. i haven't had the chance to just sit down and try these until now. ( Read more... )

( for scott parson's 10:50-11:30 12th grade class with natasha )

( for marcia skidmore's 1:45-2:30 7th grade class on fridays with arthur )