A Poem a Day
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The WITS blog publishes poems, stories, essays, and art by students who participate in the program. Writers in the Schools (WITS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that engages children in the pleasure and power of reading and writing.
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- Gratitude on Nov 24, 2009 in food poetry student writers in the schools writing prompts senses poem thankfulness thanksgiving
Gratitude looks like someone getting a present. Gratitude smells like turkey on Thanksgiving. Gratitude sounds like two angels talking. Gratitude feels like the golden rule. Gratitude tastes like warm vanilla cake. By Pyper, 2nd grade [photo by Igh75...
- WITS Board President Publishes New Book on Nov 23, 2009 in books education poetry publishing where are we now writers in the schools Ewa Elzbieta Nowakowska Ewa Lipska northwestern university press Poems by Ewa Lipska poetry collection poetry translation polish poetry Robin Davidson The New Century University of Houston Downtown world war II era poetry
Robin Davidson is a busy person. Not only is she a full time professor of English at University of Houston Downtown, she’s also the president of the board of directors at Writers in the Schools. And if that wasn’t enough, she just had...
- Books on Nov 20, 2009 in writers in the schools
Crisp pages Smell like wood, Floating across your face. Inky black words, Like an artist’s work, Play pictures in your head. Feel the crispy paper Like sandstone Across your hand. How fun it is To read books Which play a movie in your head. A play,...
- A New Picture on Nov 19, 2009 in art creativity illness imagination poetry writers in the schools poem about struggle
When life is hard, I cough away negativity. When everything goes wrong, I shout for happiness to return. When I’m struggling, I whisper to my sister for help. When I need strength, I open myself to God. When the world falls apart, I sweep the p...
- In El Cielo on Nov 18, 2009 in Spanish nature place poetry student writers in the schools
The cold breeze blows love to me and warms my Corazon. The blood flows under my feet and makes a river. The sidewalk is made out of daisies, and El Mar is deep and wide. This is the beginning of El Futuro. by Elizabeth, 6th grade Posted in nature, pl...
- Quetzalcoatl on Nov 17, 2009 in parenting poetry student writers in the schools mexican mythology
I, the star god, Take bones from the Underworlds of past times To create mankind. Xanath, meaning star, Another story for Another night. Tomorrow’s Sun will be here to wake Us up soon enough. Let us go to our mats Now and sleep As the stars up abov...
- Animal Riddle 5 on Nov 16, 2009 in animal formal nature poetry writers in the schools animal poem guessing game guessing poem haiku short poem
I’m green and slimy. I like to hide in my shell. I move slow like a slug. by Victoria, 3rd grade Answer: I am a turtle. Posted in animal, formal, nature, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: animal poem, guessing game, guessing poem, haiku,...
