Friday, September 19, 2014

Poets.org Back to School 2014

The Academy of American Poets (of whose new website look I am not a fan -- parse that sentence!) published a great compilation of poems and lessons for Back-to-School. Read and listen here.

Here are some of the poems.

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes
“The Testing-Tree” by Stanley Kunitz
“The Hand” by Mary Ruefle

You can also sign up at this link to receive their monthly Educator Newsletter. (Then you won't need to worry about checking this blog where not much happens!!)

Cheers. And here is a photo, because otherwise this is a boring (yet exciting) post. 

James Baldwin. Who wasn't a poet, but who looks lovely in leaves. And who wrote smart words. And is a roll model for us all about how to be brave. (I found the photo on Facebook so I do not know whom to credit.)


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