poetry

The Work (A Poem)

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These Feet Will Drag (A Poem)

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The Examiner Examines … Me (On Writing about Education) [Why We Write]

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Book Giveaway: Break The Habit by Tara Betts

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Before Writing A Protest Poem [Peace to Gil]

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Love In Eights [Draft]

Creativity Is Almost Dead … and Non-Educators Want To Kill It

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Rock Wilk: It’s Like His Heart Broke Wide Open

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Four Letters Down (I Come From)

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Book Giveaway June 2010: Hija De Mi Madre by Carmen Mojica Fabian

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On Why I Just Cannot Fathom Doing 30 Poems In 30 Days (NaPoWriMo)

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For Reasons Beyond Me

Short Notes: I Like Living This Way, I Like Loving This Way

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A New Moon (My First Kiss)

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Short Notes: 2Pac Will Never RIP, Lady GaGa, and Jamaica

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Make You Whole

Sacrosanct

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Decimas For The Poet In You

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I Was Never An Empty Cup (Consumer Beware)

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But I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

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She Will Be Loved

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Teacher Qualifications

No Evidence

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She Read Twice (A Dedication to Staceyann Chin)

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A Dreamer

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The White Noise [Genesis of a Nemesis Series]

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Michelle, My Belle

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Counting Your Blessings (Am I Not Human?)

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What You Know (Am I Not Human?)

Lady In My Life

A Message To Latinas, Remastered

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The Key Master

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Howl: The Jose Vilson Version

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Howl If You Hear Me

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Drawing The Line

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Eco-Friendly My Rear

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Thoughts Travel At Light Speed

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Broken Wings

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On the 1st Day of Christmas …

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Short Notes: Lo Que No Ves

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Short Notes: Don’t Stop Believing

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Student of the Month

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And The Crowd Goes Wild

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And I Wonder …

Flash Flood Warning

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Peanuts Have To Shower, Too

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Sh**, G_ddamn, Get Off Your @ss and Write

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Too Cool For School

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Courage to Teach

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N-Word Reverie