Oh, Maggie Smith:

Hear that, fellow #highschoolenglishteachers ? “Re: #Poetry in #highschool — Less jargon! More joy! Peace, Bogan out.”

Dear #teachers & #students , The school year beckons! Here are some poetry resources to help: A very popular post: saslabyblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/a-l… My "Noticing Poetry" Unit Plan: poets.org/lesson-plan/no… My research: digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/cgi/viewconten… Apple Education TED-Ed edutopia Google for Education

Calm comes from burning. Tall comes from fast. Comely doesn’t come from come. Person comes from mask. —Heather McHugh, former Chancellor, born #OTD in 1948 poets.org/poem/etymologi…

"Apotheosis"-Jenna Le's elegantly rhymed poem of childhood imagination. newversereview.com

“Don’t take rejections personally. Journals will always be happy to see you again, and editors love developing mutual relationships with their writers.” Editor Tammy Lai-Ming Ho (t) of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal offers advice on literary resilience: at.pw.org/AERHo

Meter under discussion. Wow. “'Prufrock’s' first line is in the same meter and cadence as William Blake’s 'The Tyger' as well as the incantations of Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters in Macbeth, especially 'Double, double toil and trouble:' trochaic tetrameter." poetryfoundation.org/articles/15801…

To celebrate National Poetry Day, we have made a selection of NATE publications freely available. These include special poetry editions of our magazines, ideas to promote poetry and much more. Visit nate.org.uk/national-poetr… to find out more. #NationalPoetryDay

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No short form deserves a longer discussion than haiku! In this episode, we break down why haiku is not a (5-7-5) syllabic form. The conversation leaps to the realm of the connotative, culminating with an exploration of what reading and writing contemporary haiku can do for you!

Over 11,400 views. Visited by #educators all over the world. If you're an #englishteacher who wants your #students to #read more #poetry, why not link to my post? saslabyblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/a-l… #poem ELATE International Baccalaureate College Board ReadWriteThink.org Teachers & Writers Collaborative National Association for the Teaching of English Poetry Education

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4 brief tips for writing with a full-time job

I don't think I'm going to shut down shop here completely, but all who follow, you can also follow me in the wild _ _ _ _ yonder: @slaybeepoetry.bsky.social

Love these lessons that Luisa Igloria shares from her 14 (!) years of writing a poem a day for our shared blog Via Negativa luisaigloria.com/blog/14-years

Sometimes, it’s the small things that make my morning. Unexpected visitors to the blog, all probably looking for resources about poetry! saslabyblog.wordpress.com

Sláva Ukrayíni!

Here! 3 resources for #nationalpoetrymonth: My “A Letter to Students Before We Start to Read Poems”: lnkd.in/dYa5ygV My peer-reviewed action research on students’ poetry reading: lnkd.in/f-mwndh My Academy of American Poets unit plan: lnkd.in/gBP6C_N