Three Poems by Theo Hadley
February 20, 2018
Pierre We realize perhaps we’ve been playing the waltz too slowly. We continue rapping our knuckles against the walls. Half of us learn how to dance, the rest of us learn how to cuff our jeans. Pier...
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Category: Writers in the Schools
Bittersweet: Ending My Time with TOPS Fifth Grade
February 9, 2018
By Laura Gamache, WITS Writer-in-Residence The book said everything perishes The book said that’s why we sing -Gregory Orr Every WITS teaching residency has a beginning, middle and end, like the sto...
WITS Voices: Hybrid Poems and the Middle Schoolers Who Execute with Ease
February 5, 2018
By Imani Sims, WITS Writer-in-Residence It’s always an experiment when trying to engage young minds with new content. The haibun form allows for concrete examples while also allowing the freedom to ...
WITS Voices: Where the Place of Kindness Lives
February 3, 2018
By Jeanine Walker, WITS Writer-in-Residence As a poet, I love to play with words. When writing or revising a poem, I can spend hours switching out a single word or phrase in an attempt to get the exac...
“Sing, Mother, Sing,” by Madeline Lee, 2017 Elaine Wetterauer Contest Winner
January 23, 2018
Sing, Mother, Sing sing, Mother, sing sing to me before you leave me sing about your tears puddling up in your eyes sing the high notes and sing the low notes sing in the dark, abandoned streets of Ch...
WITS Voices: The Coolness Factor
January 19, 2018
By Ramon Isao, WITS Writer-in-Residence For my inaugural WITS post, I hope you’ll forgive a mere anecdote. I’m new here. On the night before my first WITS residency, I was surprised by a bout of p...
Writing Alongside “Knoxville, Tennessee”
January 16, 2018
Today, the words and wisdom of legendary poet, Nikki Giovanni, will wow us at the first event in our 2017/18 Sherman Alexie Loves Series. Although the event is sold out, there will be a limited number...
WITS Voices: Opening a Door to Gratitude
January 3, 2018
By Letitia Cain, WITS Writer-in-Residence & SAL Event Manager It’s a Scottish tradition to open the front door of your house at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to welcome in the new y...
WITS Voices: To Be Writers!
January 2, 2018
By Matt Gano, WITS Writer-in-Residence I hate the word “lecture.” I’ve always considered teaching poetry as a “conversation.” I hope to learn along with my students by talking about creative...
WITS Voices: What is a Detail?
December 18, 2017
By Arianne True, WITS Writer-in-Residence This past week, my classes focused on details – what and where they are, and putting them into our own writing. We defined details, went over senses, and to...