More Edge Poems: #14 - A Class Act

Jennifer and Tony's junior high students class all got creative with poetry. Some of the class poems are below.


by Edward




another poem by Edward




poem 1 by Christine



poem 2 by Christine




by Callie




by Amelia




another poem by Amelia




by Aly



a second poem by Aly

Edge Poems: #13 - We're Not Done Yet!

The end of April sped by in a blur, and now National Poetry Month is officially over. At Paideia, though, there are still several more student poems to share with you. So I will.

This one stands out, not only because it's a good one, but because it's by our youngest poet, a 5th grader in Martha and Brian's class. He's left it untitled; I think I might title it "Uh-Oh!"

Untitled
by Ean Berry

Edge Poems: #12 - Parents Write Poetry Too!

Lucy Katz, parent of three Paideia students and a fellow chicken lover, created these poems on Earth Day.

Parents, your poems are encouraged and welcome. Find out what your bookshelf inspires in you!

Poem for Earth Day

by Lucy Katz

Fowl Play

by Lucy Katz

Edge Poems: #11

More poetry from the junior high:

Home Land

by John, 7th grade





The Truth in Beauty

by Zach, 7th grade





The Journey that Was a Huge Mistake

by Will, 7th grade

Edge Poems: #10 - A Poem for Earth Day

I went out into the stack planning to create a poem for Earth Day.  As I suppose most ideas for poems do, this one morphed in the composing;  it's "natural", but not exactly environmental.

My Cat Growls in His Sleep

Edge Poems - #9

The Underdogs

Eliot H.

7th grade

Deadly Consequences

Michael W.

7th grade

AIDS

Daniel S.

7th grade

Poetry on the Edge, Week 2 : Poems #8

More Junior High poems from last week's flurry of poetic activity.

Untitled
by Helen Samuel
Martha & Greg's 7th grade

What if
I was Amelia Earhart?
Heart of a soldier
for this I was born

A long way gone
up high in the trees
Pierced by a ray of sun

How it was for me
so hard to say
the mystic arts of erasing all signs of death


What Girls Learn
by Ellery Koelker-Wolfe
Martha & Greg's 7th grade

Untitled

by Leah Gilbert-Odem

Martha & Greg's 7th grade

Edge Poems - #7

Senza Titolo

by Elizabeth Lide

Elementary Art Teacher

Edge Poems - #6

The bookshelves are a wreck, but poetry is blooming in the library.  Junior high students have come over the past couple of days, and teachers have been contributing as well.   The display shelves are filling up.

Freedom

by Aidan Brooks

Martha & Greg's 7th grade

A Series of Unfortunate Events

by Ben Siegel

Martha & Greg's 7th grade

 

The Civil War

by Reed Haury

Martha & Greg's 7th grade

Edge Poems - #5

A "virtual" poem (on display in photography only) created by high school social studies teacher and counselor Nisha Simama.

"No Neutral Ground"

Edge Poems - #4

Students are making Edge Poems too!


"The War"
by Madison Redwine
Bonnie & Uri's 8th grade

Adria's poem can be read either way

or

"Untitled"
by Adria Gunter
Bonnie & Uri's 8th grade

Edge Poems - #3

"The History of Love"
by Junior High homebase teacher Bonnie Sparling.

The History of Love
A grammar book for you and I
Communion
Cultivating the mind of love
in relation
Everyday sacred
Joy school
Someone like you
not quite what I was planning
Bad boy
Surviving the breakup
At issue
Looking back on the end of the world
Tender at the bone
I Thought it was just me (but it isn't)
Nothing I see means anything
The power of kindness
so hard to say
What have you lost?
moment of silence
sailing alone around the room
No condition is permanent
plain and simple
Becoming whole
up a road slowly
Becoming myself
better
Durable goods
Born to ROCK

Edge Poems - #2

We the People
by Junior High specialist Eric Thomas

Edge Poems - #1

by Junior High homebase teacher Tony Helms

thinking straight by Robin Reardon
Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
so hard to say by Alex Sanchez
Some Day This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron
Acceptance by Susan Coll
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan


ps -- I never realized how hard it is to take good photos of library books -- if not the shiny mylar covers, it's the spine label. Or both!

Poetry on the Edge

Inspired by this, we have the beginnings of a Poetry Month display for April. Similar to found art, these book spine poems are assembled, rather than written, from found words and phrases.

Here's an amazing "edge poem," from artist Nina Katchadourian. She calls them "sorted books."



And here's a not-so-amazing one, but it's a start. The title of my first effort is "Success Story."


During National Poetry Month, edge poems by students and teachers will be on display in the library. Come on over and create yours from the library collection. Let the poetry begin!