Comments on: Slice of Life, Weekly Challenge, Chapter 10

By: elpollo

elpollo — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:43:56 +0000

well done, very nice images to my head

By: LisaC

LisaC — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:11:13 +0000

I love free writing! Writing just for the sake of it has lots it’s place in too many test-driven classrooms.

By: dogtrax

dogtrax — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:31:51 +0000

Thank you, all.
The poems came on their own, it seemed, and I am glad they hit a chord with some of you.
Kevin

By: GirlGriot

GirlGriot — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:20:19 +0000

“and wonder where
my place in your story will be
when the years have washed ashore.”

So beautiful and powerful. I, too, love the image of your quiet classrooms, with you and your kids writing away. I have so many memories of exactly that scene. Thanks, Kevin!
–Stacie

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:13:21 +0000

All so wonderful and capture the end of the year, the releasing of butterflies, the closing so well.

By: Nancy Cavillones

Nancy Cavillones — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:25:44 +0000

Methinks you should publish a little chapbook and sell it at that bookstore inside Thornes. I’d pick up a copy the next time I’m in town!

And I love the image of your kids writing away in a quiet classroom. Those are the moments I relish most from my teaching career, short as it was.

By: debrennersmith

debrennersmith — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:18:22 +0000

Incredible. Your words build strong images.

By: dogtrax

dogtrax — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:36:08 +0000

Thank you, friend.
The words are there …

Kevin

By: blk1

blk1 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:57:55 +0000

This trio BLOWS me away and it’s only 5:56 am. What a treasure: a teacher/poet! I could say much more…The sun is shining and my day is even brighter.
Bonnie