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Teachers Write has started and I am enjoying the creativity, the author advice and the community of support.
Teachers Write
of morning
bodies still
on school time
sipping caffeine
--words as mug warmers
and to-go cups
for bitters and sweet
of what led up
to this year’s last day.
They type,
doodle, print
and search for clues
to the one true
answer
of their mystery:
Who learns more--
Student or
Teacher?
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Many thanks to Tabatha Yeatts for hosting this week's Poetry Friday Round-Up on her blog, The Opposite of Indifference. Head on over to see lots more poetry.
http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/
PS: There's a novel-in-verse guest author over on Teachers Write today.....Caroline Starr Rose. I'm delighted when major sectors of my world and life meet like this. Take a peek: http://ow.ly/yzYb301RDsA
Words can play so many roles, can't they? I like "words as mug warmers and to-go cups/for bitters and sweet."
ReplyDeleteAhh... I always learn from you, Linda.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holiday Weekend to you & your lovely Family.
Love your opening lines "In the fresh hours of morning / bodies still on school time." That is the universal time zone of teachers.
ReplyDeleteWho learns more, indeed! A fabulous lead to that last conundrum. Happy holidays! We are enjoying our mid-year break - in sync with you, just shorter.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you, Linda--and thanks for letting me know about Teachers Write Camp--just what I need this summer! I'm all joined up now and rarin' to go. As a return favor, I'm also using "Rip the Page" as a resource this summer. It's by Karen Benke and it's a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI find myself still on school time too, up early and enjoying the morning quiet!
ReplyDeleteGood for you -- taking part in Teachers Write and putting yourself in your students' place!
ReplyDeleteLove the perspective of teacher as learner - necessary and informative. Thanks for sharing, Linda! =)
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