TweetThe 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......

TweetI 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,......

TweetAll Hearts On Deck — David Henderson Having been the principal of this small, rural high school in Montana for two years and having come from the teaching/coaching ranks of......

TweetResilience: On Working and Mothering — Emily Brisse We have been having conversations lately, my son and I. Last night while I was putting on his pajamas, it was about......

TweetPoems that teachers love The “Teaching with Heart, Fire & Poetry” website takes its inspiration, approach and focus from Teaching with Heart, Leading from Within, and Teaching with Fire. In......

TweetWhy finding the right metaphor matters. The first day of spring – how better to celebrate the day than with daffodils? Even better, this post introduces a new feature to......

TweetSometimes the first days of March joyously herald the beginning of spring with blue skies, sunshine, and the welcome beginnings of color – crocuses, daffodils, cherry blossoms and more.  But......

TweetMaking Space In the excerpt below from her book, The Art and Spirit of Leadership, Judy Brown shares how she learns from and takes in people’s insights about her poems.......

Tweet Judy Brown shared this picture of the fireplace in the house where she grew up in Michigan.  She writes: “It strikes me that as a child I likely spent......