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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Our Host Mo Daley is a middle school reading specialist in Homewood, Illinois. She has taught many subjects at just about every grade level, but has found her passion helping tweens and teens fall in love with reading. Mo may be obsessed with Little Free …
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Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. We have drawn from the mentorship of our daily hosts and the poets and poetry that inspired them: Glenda Funk, …
Jessica and Kole are preservice teachers at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma majoring in secondary education with a minor in English. Jessica hopes to one day become a high school English teacher in a rural setting. She just began a job at the Child …
Susie Morice spent 30 years in the public school classrooms in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Long a Gateway Writing Project and Missouri Writing Project veteran, Susie loves what the National Writing Project has done for ELA teachers. Since retiring, Susie worked with professional development …
Inspiration My only brother’s birthday is this month, so when Sarah asked me to plan a challenge, I began thinking about him and other brothers I’ve had over the years. Many of us have memorable experiences with brothers – both positive and negative. Today let’s …