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Culture Submissions: Display Your Poetry We thought it was time to take a break from texts and emails and write some poetry. Check out these awesome submissions.Elizabeth Inglese21 Nov, 2011
Articles Project: Write a Poem Let your language take a break from the daily grind and have a moment of glory. For this project, we're writing poetry.Elizabeth Inglese27 Oct, 2011
Articles Intermission: We Dare You to Not Get a Crush on This Poetry Bomber A Miami artist sneaks around thrift stores and turns used clothes into literary gems. It's poetic vandalism.Cord Jefferson08 Jul, 2011
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Articles How Do We Break the Pattern of Poor Teaching for Poor Children? Teaching that encourages creativity and critical thinking is increasingly reserved for affluent children.Alfie Kohn07 May, 2011
Articles Poetry Slams Spur Student Literacy in the South Bronx In the birthplace of hip-hop a local nonprofit is teaching a different kind of rhyming: the fine art of the poetry slam.Liz Dwyer25 Mar, 2011
Best Hate Mail Ever: The Chinese Hate Poem Fresh from a new online collection of historical documents, an ancient Chinese tradition shows us a better way to send hate mail in 2011.Cord Jefferson04 Jan, 2011
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