My blogging goal is to put positive stuff out into the world, so at first I hesitated about posting this poem I wrote.
And then I thought....if it makes someone think twice about the children who suffer each day...and then that person makes an effort to be a force of change for a child...well, what is more positive than that?

The Quiet One
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April is National Poetry Month (and Library Month!) and this year I kicked off my rockin' poetry unit on April 1st. YAY! In honor of the wonderful student writing I've seen in just two short days, I wrote a poem to capture the joy I feel in knowing I've helped them on their journey of discovery as writers.

On Being an English Teacher

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