Poetry is personal; it is not perfect nor does it need to rhyme: it is emotion and memory and meaning from your heart about what’s simple and yet important in your life. That’s what makes them profound, especially to the author– you.
Do you wonder about the world– what’s in the news everywhere? I’ve a favorite website I love to visit to read interesting news from around the world.
Are you creating a slideshow or poster or drawing and need a character? Perhaps you’d like a new avatar?
Google drawing is your answer — just using basic shapes
In those connections, build relationships — keep connecting with the people who respond, and keep initiating responses yourself.
I can hear my mom now as I struggled with something, “Where’s there’s a will, there’s a way.”
The Blank Page
It stares back at you, daring you to just try to type and your mind goes as blank as that page.
asking them to apply the writing, reading, and language strategies and concepts they learn in school to out-of-school contexts and then share the results in class
Prompts to inspire a Slice of Life: That moment, described in detail, slowed down so your reader understands your thoughts and what happened.
