Until Now: New Poems by Carrie Newcomer Over the years, I have had the good fortune to work with many talented authors. It’s been both a privilege and a pleasure to be in the author/editor dance with them. Naturally, there...
This morning, I went on Lynn Ungar’s Facebook page to find a poem she posted weeks ago. While I was looking for it, other poems of hers leapt out at me – “In the Moment,” “Badly,” and “A Letter in...
January Book Giveaway! I’m delighted to announce that Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems edited by Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R. Wilson is our next Book Giveaway. Poetry of Presence is the perfect book to start off the...
Why #NationalPoetryMonth? Because poetry matters. Why this website? Because what inspires and impassions teachers is worth sharing. Poetry, by slowing us down and focusing our attention, can help us engage in complex truths and potent emotions and yield poignant insights...
Book Giveaway News: We’re delighted to announce that Jodi Gleason won our March Book Giveaway – a copy of Teaching with Heart autographed by Parker J. Palmer, Taylor Mali and Sarah Brown Wessling. Congratulations Jodi! Next up: An autographed copy...
Our final post in the “Week of Mark Nepo” series features Mark’s poem, “The Appointment.” My favorite line is, “But soon you arrive at the edge of all your plans.” For me, it feels freeing – it speaks of the...
The holidays interrupted my planned posts for the “Week of Mark Nepo” – a week dedicated to Mark’s poetry and his other writings. Today, I returned to the last few posts to finish out the week. I was pleased to...
The premise behind Teaching with Fire is that poetry stirs up an inner conversation about questions, emotions, and things that matter. Because poetry slows us down and focuses our attention—it can yield poignant insights into what is most significant and enduring...
I just recently discovered A Year of Being Here, a wonderful website of “daily mindfulness poetry by wordsmiths of the here & now.” As good projects are wont to do, “a year” became three. While it concluded in January 2016,...
Reflection On Warsan Shire’s “Home” The first time I read even a line of Warsan Shire’s poem, Home, I was captivated by the images it provoked. I had been listening to the stories and watching the videos of refugees fleeing...