Poetry Sparks Third Graders at Horace May School
Poet David Martinson visited Horace May Elementary under the Poets in the Schools program. Over a week, he guided students to write from inner thoughts, with class poems and individual pieces reflecting imagination and newfound enthusiasm for poetry.
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Jay Griggs
Germany
David Martinson
Martinson
Horace May
Poets In
National Endowment For the Arts
The
St. Paul Council of Arts and Sciences
District 31
Andre Marthaler
Bemidji State College
May
Alice Otterson
Verlette Nyland
Sharon Stack
Mathew Yokum
The Way of the Porcupine
The Porcupine rests in a hollow log and dreams through winter. He wakes hungry and claws toward light. He leaves quills as he walks. The speaker hopes time is fair and wisdom grows as we lose our hair.