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Facing Ordeals, Learning Personal Qualities: How Odysseus’s Adventures Served Him Well

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Mountain with cloud cover - Facing Ordeals, Learning Personal Qualities: How Odysseus’s Adventures Serve Him Well

Through a series of adventures, Odysseus experiences an inner journey that teaches him prudence. By the end, peace brings his journey full circle.

Filed Under: Blog, Epic Poetry, Odyssey, Student Writing

Culture and Society in The Odyssey

By Sara Barkat 9 Comments

gate to the sea - Culture and Society in the Odyssey

The culture and society that infuses Homer’s The Odyssey is similar to and different from modern Western culture and society. Here’s a clear analysis of how, with intriguing examples.

Filed Under: Blog, Epic Poetry, Odyssey, Student Writing

How to Write a Poem in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Secret Tool

By Joel Jacobson 16 Comments

How to Write a Poem Rosebud

High school English teacher Joel Jacobson shares his experience teaching a new advanced creative writing class using Tania Runyan’s How to Write a Poem. (Features student poems.)

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Poem, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Student Writing

Loki Goodness Campaign 7: At the Salon

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 3 Comments

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

In this edition of the Loki Goodness Campaign, at the urging of his publicist, our Asgardian prince takes up some scissors, for better or worse. You decide.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Order and Disorder in Macbeth

By Sara Barkat 13 Comments

Macbeth Order and Disorder Trees and Air

In this classic Shakespeare play, if no one knew what the Macbeths had done, all they need do is look to the air, the earth, animals, sleep, and dreams. Check out this intriguing analysis of order and disorder in Macbeth.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Student Writing

Loki Goodness Campaign, 6

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 1 Comment

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

Is Loki all bad? The Loki Goodness Campaign is an amusing bid to answer that “no.” And a publicist is on the case to change his public image.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

Loki Goodness Campaign 5

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 6 Comments

Loki The Avengers Goodness Campaign 740

Is Loki all bad? The Loki Goodness Campaign is an amusing bid to answer that “no.” And a publicist is on the case to change his public image.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

How to Write a Story: Choosing Point of View

By Sonia Joie 10 Comments

Red Riding Hood Choosing Point of View

How do you go about choosing point of view? Get the ins and outs of choosing first, second, or third, as well as omniscient or limited narrator.

Filed Under: Blog, Student Writing, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

National Student Poet Louis Lafair: Part 2

By Maureen Doallas 2 Comments

national student poet louis lafair

National Student Poet Louis Lafair discusses the influences of his poetry, and his vision for experiencing poetry in the 21st century.

Filed Under: Blog, Interview, Interviews, journey into poetry, Student Writing

Art Education & Theory: Draw Me a Cursive Tree

By Sara Barkat 13 Comments

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Could art education be purposely linked to cursive writing? One artist aims to find out.

Filed Under: Art Education & Theory, Blog, Creative Non-Fiction, Student Writing

The Loki Goodness Campaign, 1

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 9 Comments

Loki art from SuperbWallpapers

The Loki Goodness Campaign is a parody of a phenomenon among Thor and Loki fans, many whom believe Loki has gotten a bad rap and is actually good.

Filed Under: Fiction, Loki Goodness Campaign, Student Writing

The Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters: Poem 3, Merlin and Arthur

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Merlin and Arthur poems tweetspeakpoetry.com

In the spirit of Edward Gorey, the “Horribly Tragic Deaths” poems. This one, Merlin and Arthur.

Filed Under: Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters, Short Poems, Student Writing

Make Your Own SAT Questions

By Sara Barkat 4 Comments

Desert Island Make Your Own SAT Question

SAT questions should test creativity and sense of humor. This one from Sara Barkat certainly does.

Filed Under: Blog, Education Humor, English Teaching Resources, Student Writing

Poem Analysis: Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

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An evocative poem analysis focusing on the imagery in Dover Beach. Insightful and intriguing, from student writer Sara Barkat.

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Poetry, Grief Poems, Humanity Poems, Poem Analysis, Sea Poems, Student Writing

Top Ten Reasons to Love the Academy of American Poets “Poetry and the Creative Mind”

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

academy of american poets poetry and the creative mind

Missed the Academy of American Poets “Poetry and the Creative Mind” gala? Here’s our recap, in classic Top Ten format.

Filed Under: Blog, Courage Poems, New York Literary, Poems about poetry, poetry, Student Writing, Top Ten Poetic Tweets

Poem Analysis: Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind”

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

Anne Sexton Her Kind

An evocative, insightful analysis of Sexton’s “Her Kind, ” from student writer Sara Barkat. Hold on to your hat!

Filed Under: Blog, Poem Analysis, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Student Writing, Woman Poems

The Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters—Poem 1, Holmes and Watson

By Sara Barkat 8 Comments

holmes and watson poem

In the spirit of Edward Gorey, a series of illustrations and poems that chronicle the demise of favorite literary characters. Poem 1: Holmes and Watson.

Filed Under: Blog, Horribly Tragic Deaths of Many of My Favourite Characters, Humorous Poems, Literary Humor, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Short Poems, Student Writing

Image-ine: Barbie Crime

By Sara Barkat 11 Comments

Barbie Crime Story-1

Who committed the Barbie crime? The dolls (and the horse) are on the Barbie case.

Filed Under: Art, Image-ine, poetry humor, Student Writing

3 Star Trek Poems: Into Darkness

By Sara Barkat and Sonia Joie 3 Comments

Star Trek poems

In honor of the 2013 Trekkies high holy day (the debut of the new movie Into Darkness, opens May 16th), we’re featuring Star Trek poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, Star Trek Poems, Student Writing, Villanelles, writing prompts

Fiction Friday (on Wednesday): Star Trek Encounter

By Sara Barkat 5 Comments

Star Trek Fiction

Writing short fiction is a marvelous playground for the poet to develop the essential ingredients of great poems. Try your hand at our “encounter” prompt today.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, poetry teaching resources, Star Trek Fiction, Student Writing, writer's group resources, writing prompts

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