This April, I'm writing poetry for the first time in decades. Each Saturday morning, I will be spending an hour with a dozen or so other #TeacherPoets as we seek to revitalize our own poetry writing in an online workshop and community facilitated by Christopher Lehman. Session One is archived on Chris's blog, and is also embedded here.
This week, in session one, we focused on writing about what Chris referred to as a "sliver" rather than a large and thematic idea. By remembering WCW's dictum "no ideas but in things", I am working on being a less harsh critic of my own writing as I keep working on a poem intended to show my feelings about family through a sliver of an experience.
I'm glad to be able to participate in such high quality professional development with this awesome group of teachers and poets. You can join the conversation on our Google+ community, by checking out the #TeacherPoets action on Twitter, or by simply choosing to join us live at 11EST on 4/19 as we workshop three community members' poems.
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