Feb 10

Monday, Monday...
 Back to class and students are assigned a creative poem. We are sharing the poem, performing really, on Friday. I am beyond excited about this. We will be at the Old Worthen House Cafe where Kerouac and Poe and Ginsberg and more sat and thought and imbibed. It is a beautiful, old space with Prohibition stories as well as turn-of-the-20th-Century ghost stories. There is a fan system that is legendary and I hear the food is pretty good too.
   The thing I am most excited about is that instead of focusing on Valentine's Day, which thankfully Middle Schoolers are too cool for, we are focused on POETRY!!! I have really pushed my students to be honest, to be open and to say what they mean. I know this is tough and I see my students struggling a bit. However, when they push themselves and write honestly, what they find is how strong their write can be.
   4 Days to go! I cannot wait!