October 31st, 2009
This poem came from an assignment I gave my creative writing class, “Fill in the blanks of this sentence:
Life is too short to ______. Life is too long to _____. That’s the title. You write the poem.” It must have been during test-prep month, and what can I say? I got inspired…
Life is too short to
Double-check all your answers.
Life is too long
Not to think about the questions.
Read the questions carefully, kids.
Circle all the keywords.
Fill in circles neatly.
Erase mistakes completely.
And don’t make any stray marks.
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October 22nd, 2009
Make Me Or Break Me is a poem for frustrated new teachers, or anyone who…
“Spent all last night
On grading and preparation
and can’t get the kids
to just SHUT UP
and take this inspiration.”
Click here to see (most of) this poem on youtube.
You can also download a printer-friendly (and nicely laid out) PDF file of the poem on the downloads tab to the left.
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