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Monthly Archives: April 2015
High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — Johnny Ward
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, high school poetry series, Identity, Johnny Ward, Justice, Poetry, race, resistance literature, Teaching, Urban Education
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High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — DeJuan Brooks
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, High School, Identity, Poetry, race, Urban Education
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: EARTH VOICES FOR SPRING
EARTH VOICES By Bliss Carman I I heard the spring wind whisper Above the brushwood fire, “The world is made forever Of transport and desire. “I am the breath of being, The primal urge of things; I am the whirl … Continue reading
The Lessons of Mayor Adams
[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the literary sci-fi novel The Doors You Mark Are Your Own, co-written by As It Ought to Be managing editor Okla Elliott and site contributor Raul Clement, available at Amazon.com, B&N.com, and … Continue reading
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
Editor’s Note: April is National Poetry Month. According to the Academy of American Poets, who founded the annual event in 1996, “National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 … Continue reading
Posted in National Poetry Month, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged #NPM15, American Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, Classic Poetry, contemporary poetry, Current Events Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month, Occasional Poetry, Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MIRIAM’S SONG
“Miriam the prophetess” by Anselm Feuerbach. Public Domain image. “Miriam the prophetess… took the tambourine in her hand; and all the women followed her with tambourines and dances. And Miriam called to them: Sing…” (Exodus 15:20-21) Editor’s Note: The most … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Biblical Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, Contemporary Music, contemporary poetry, feminism, Feminist Poetry, inclusive feminism, Inspirational Poetry, Intertextual Poetry, Midrashic Poetry, Occasional Poetry, Passover, Performance Poetry, Poetry & Art, Poetry & Visual Art, Poetry of Faith, resistance poetry, Rhymed Poetry, Second-wave feminism, Spiritual Poetry, Third-wave feminism
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