Author Amok

Today's the big day, third grade poets. It's our poetry celebration at Manor Woods Elementary School. I've been in residence w...

Happy Poetry Friday and greetings from Gettysburg! This week, I'm attending the Gettysburg Review Conference for Writers , meeting gre...

School is winding down! How do I know? Over the last few weeks, the energy level at Northfield Elementary, where I have been in residence, h...

One of my favorite workshops for elementary and middle schoolers is on portrait poems. (You can read a "poem walk" though the mode...

Before the Divine Miss M, www.bigandme.com there was the Divine Sarah-- Fiery Women Available from Amazon actress Sarah Bern...

Happy pre-election Poetry Friday! I've been counting down to election week all month with poet Tony Medina's books for children....