The Room Where it Happened

Inspiration Process Write Resources Alexis Ennis is a 6th grade technology teacher who calls herself a “bookdragon” because of her voracious appetite to read and hoard all the books. She is the co-creator of a YouTube channel that showcases kidlit authors and illustrators –Legit KidLit. …

Island Earth

Inspiration Process Write Resources Emily lives in Vinalhaven, Maine, an island 15 miles from the mainland, where she teaches middle schoolers science and ELA at the Vinalhaven School.  Emily believes in student voice and choice, and making connections to our world.  She received recognition from …

House in the Sky

Inspiration Process Write Resources Darius Phelps is a doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is an adjunct professor at CUNY Queens, Hunter College, Teachers College, and intern at Brooklyn Poets.  An educator, poet, spoken word artist, and activist, Darius writes poems about grief, …

A Space to Look and Think

Inspiration Process Write Resources Katrina Morrison lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A tenth grade English teacher, she is a firm believer in the frequent use of mentor texts whether written by her, one of her students, or someone from the world outside. Her students know she …

Holding hands with poems

Inspiration Process Write Resources Stef is an Associate Professor of Education at Aquinas College in Michigan. She teaches courses for pre-service and in-service teachers in instructional design, literacy, ed tech, and research methods. Her K-12 teaching was in California prior to moving into teacher preparation. …

Try a Triolet

Inspiration Process Write Resources Fran Haley is a K-12 literacy educator, wife, mom, and Franna of two little girls. She savors the pastoral life just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. Writing is her favorite thing to do; she loves helping people of all ages fall …

Why do you write poems when…?

Inspiration Process Write Resources Andy Schoenborn is an award-winning author and high school English teacher in Michigan at Clare Public Schools. He focuses his work on progressive literacy methods including student-centered critical thinking, digital collaboration, and professional development. He is the President-Elect for the Michigan …

Friendship Lost

Inspiration Process Write Resources Susan Ahlbrand is in her 35th year of teaching 8th grade English/language arts in the small southern Indiana town of Jasper.  When not preparing lessons or grading papers, she enjoys reading and writing, binge-watching shows with her husband, attending sporting events, …

What You Missed

Inspiration Process Write Resources Allison Berryhill lives in Iowa where she advises the journalism program, teaches English, and hosts a weekly Creative Writing club at Atlantic High School. She is active with the Iowa Council of Teachers of English, the Iowa High School Press Association, …

Free Writing

Inspiration Process Write Resources Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana.  With a masters degree in gifted education and National Boards certification in early literacy, Margaret teaches gifted students in Iberia Parish.  Her first book of children’s poetry, Bayou Song: Creative …