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What makes us human is that we marked up walls
We have a right to public art. We have a right to see beautiful things on our property.
A love letter to Voca
Marianne Moore called poems “imaginary gardens with real toads in them,” and I like to think when you dip into the Voca archives, you get to amble that garden, you get to touch those toads.
Something Not Fully Flourished: Pastorals, Ecolyric, and the First Day of Spring
Something in spring is an ending, unable to root.
Poetry is How We Heal
“I had never taken the time in my life before that night to write a poem.”
Bright blocks of colors and bold lines
Get to know Sasha Lewis — and the Tucson-poem behind her newest mural!
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April 16, 2024
Teaching and Poetry as Medicine
Education
April 2, 2024
"Hear Me": A Mash-Up Poem by CAPE Students
Education
March 19, 2024
5 Middle & High School Lesson Plans from Writing the Community!
Education
March 5, 2024
Announcing the Arizona Poetry Out Loud National Finalist, Isabel Teran!
Education
February 27, 2024
Announcing the 2024 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Finalists!
Education
February 13, 2024
2024 Arizona Poetry Out Loud Semifinals!
Education
January 30, 2024
5 Brand New K-5 Lesson Plans from Writing the Community!
Education
January 16, 2024
Spontaneous Eulogies: Poetry of Praise as a Natural Vessel for Grieving
Education
January 2, 2024
First-Person/Third-Person: Strategies for Revision
Education
December 12, 2023
Beyond Syllabication: 3 Ways to Help Students Write More Meaningful Haiku
Education
November 21, 2023
Make a Tucson Zine!: An Activity for Kids of All Ages
Education
October 31, 2023
Halloween Poems from Writing the Community!
Education
October 24, 2023
Discovering Community in the Borderlands
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October 10, 2023
POL State Finals Head to Flagstaff!
Education
October 3, 2023
Poetry and Play at the Children’s Museum Tucson
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