Note: You need not to have participated in the Zoom session earlier today to write. Please, write whatever is in your heart or on your mind. Our Host Penny Kittle teaches freshman writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was a writing teacher …
11/30, Day Poem
Our Host Hello, folks. I toyed with the idea of just writing the word, no, when asked for a bio, but, you’ll happily note, I quickly dismissed that idea as being (though funny, perhaps) a bit off-putting and borderline rude. I just like the air …
10/30, The Skinny Poem
Meet some of your wonderful #VerseLove poets in Zoom-person on Monday, April 12th @10:30 CST/11:30 EST with our host author-educator Penny Kittle. This special poetry workshop is a fundraiser for Poetic Justice, a nonprofit bringing writing workshop to individuals incarcerated. Disclosure: Ethical ELA founder, Sarah …
9/30, Haiku Poem
Our Host David Duer recently retired from teaching English at Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where he was the faculty advisor for the Washington Literary Press. His work has appeared in Ascent, Exquisite Corpse, English Journal, North American Review, Poetry, and others. His memoir-themed blog …
8/30, Things I Didn’t Know I Loved Poem
Our Host Barb Edler has taught English for the last forty years in Iowa, the last thirty in Keokuk where she encouraged students to find their own voice while taking risks, coaching speech participants, and supporting NHD competitors. Although retiring from teaching at Keokuk in …
7/30, Mirror Poem
It has been 7 days, friends! Thank you for being here. Please share a highlight from your first 7 days of #VerseLove! Our Host Kim Johnson, EdD, is the District Literacy Specialist at Pike County Schools in Zebulon, Georgia. She enjoys blogging, reading, and camping …
6/30, A World Trying to Deal Poem
Our Host Margaret Simon lives with her husband of 38 years on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana where she draws inspiration from nature, writes poetry, and nurtures grandchildren. She has been teaching 34 years and has her National Boards Certification in early childhood …
5/30, We Wear the Mask Poem
Our Host Anna J. Small Roseboro is a wife and mother, poet and writing coach, and National Board Certified Teacher with over forty years of experience. She has taught English and Speech to students in middle school, high school, and Literacy in the Content Areas …
4/30, Say to Them Poem
Our Host Allison Berryhill teaches English and journalism in Atlantic, Iowa. She is a publications-coordinator for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. Her sonnets have been awarded first place in the Iowa Poetry Association’s Lyrical Iowa competition in 2019 and 2020. Her 2020 sonnet …
3/30, I Don’t Want To Be
Our Host Glenda is an NBCT with an MA in English literature. She taught English and speech 38 years and worked as an adjunct instructor for Idaho State University and the College of Southern Idaho before retiring in August 2019. As part of the NEA …