Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …
Creativity Connective
Welcome. All are welcome to participate in the 5-day Open Write — from one day to all days, depending on your schedule. There are no set rules for the length of a poem, and you are free to modify or reject the prompts as you …
Doggerel
A very special thank you to our November Open Write hosts Fran Haley and Kim Johnson. We so appreciate your care for our words, hearts, and minds with your thoughtful prompts and compassionate responses. We are taking a break in December, so join us in …
Birdspiration
Our Host Fran Haley is a literacy educator with a lifelong passion for reading, writing, and dogs. She lives in the countryside near Raleigh, North Carolina, where she savors the rustic scenery and timeless spirit of place. She’s a pastor’s wife, mom of two grown …
Give Me This – an Ada Limon-inspired Poem
Our Host Kim Johnson, Ed.D., lives on a farm in Williamson, Georgia, where she serves as District Literacy Specialist for Pike County Schools. She enjoys writing, reading, traveling, camping, sipping coffee from souvenir mugs, and spending time with her husband and three rescue schnoodles with …
Belonging
Our Host Fran Haley is a literacy educator with a lifelong passion for reading, writing, and dogs. She lives in the countryside near Raleigh, North Carolina, where she savors the rustic scenery and timeless spirit of place. She’s a pastor’s wife, mom of two grown …
Instructions on Being a Dragonfly – an Ada Limon-inspired Poem
Our Host Kim Johnson, Ed.D., lives on a farm in Williamson, Georgia, where she serves as District Literacy Specialist for Pike County Schools. She enjoys writing, reading, traveling, camping, sipping coffee from souvenir mugs, and spending time with her husband and three rescue schnoodles with …
Take a Word For a Walk
A big thank you to our October Open Write hosts: Erica Johnson, Wendy Everard, Tammi Belko, Donnetta Norris, and Anna J. Small Roseboro. We appreciate your care with our hearts, minds, and words. See you all next month November 18-22. If you will be at …
It’s My Birthday!! – All Month
Our Host Donnetta Norris is a 2nd grade teacher in Arlington, TX. She has facilitated workshops and hosts weekly Time To Write writing sessions with TeachWrite, LLC. She is also a guest blogger with Teach Better Team. You can read much of her writing on …
The Luc Bat
The Luc Bat Wendy Everard is a high school English teacher and writer living in central New York. Her role as mother and teacher has given her plenty to write about since she started writing personal narrative and poetry, lifelong hobbies kicked into overdrive when …