
I
will
double
no, triple
numbers in this rhyme,
expanding, contracting, in beautiful sync,
like stars in the night sky, plotting their course in time.

I
will
double
no, triple
numbers in this rhyme,
expanding, contracting, in beautiful sync,
like stars in the night sky, plotting their course in time.
Late Bloomer or Lead Guitarist? My Rockstar Quest I’m going to be a rockstar. Mind you, I am starting later than conventional wisom recommends, but I come equipped with more than dreams. I have a cache of musical skills that have been quietly pickling since childhood. Piano lessons and summer band sessions build the foundational…
A pocket camera snapped my heart’s delight,
Light captured time on rolls of film.
I often write poems for competitions on AllPoetry. I look for challenges that will stretch me beyond my comfort levels and expand my skills. We Surrendered to a Dummygogue was written for the first challenge and later submitted for the second one. Challenge 1: Use portmanteau words to tell a story.Challenge 2: Write a biting poem critical…
If we want students to think about current events, we have to move them past opinions and into understanding. A civics metaphor does that by forcing them to show what an issue looks like instead of just saying what they think.
Sometimes ideas need to start broad. That is how the mind often works. We name a category before we narrow it into something specific and concrete.
We need a spoonful of candor…