I first met Principal Seamus Marriott and his wife Theresa in Wisconsin at a Walloon Institute and later traveled to work...

  Ever look out at the sliders, swingers and tag players on a lively playground and think, what a bunch of monkeys? At the Intern...

Coming around again to something brand new is traveling to a foreign port and being met by familiar faces.  D...

When Michael Salinger and I were teaching in Morocco, we were introduced to a new fashion trend.  Teen girls were wearing the shortest o...

I recently wrote on a friend's Facebook wall, joking about emotional displays in public, that I had thrown up while watching Bon...

War is the Fiercest Art The Luc Bat poet knew His country broke in two, therefore He had to go to war. His wife and child, heart...

  I received this email from a teacher I have corresponded with in Pakistan, who is looking to create the "the longest and most col...

I began by writing poems for my kids, envisioning a single collection for all ages, to be read by families, preferably fireside.   I hav...

If you are looking for age appropriate poetry to share with your students, check out this new anthology ed. by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong...

Oh, hark!   I hear the conversation leading up to the inclusion of William Blake in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Appendix o...