Tag Archives: poetry
Thank you 2016/2017
Students, thanks for sharing your lives with me through poetry! I’ve been planning this year’s school poetry workshops. On a recent phone call with a teacher I’ve worked with for few years, she shared some positive feedback that I had … Continue reading
Posted in Workshop news
Tagged 2016, arts, elementary school, high school, ontario, poetry, slam poetry, spoken word, toronto, workshops
I come from the slam community, a community of people drawn to the performance phenomena called a poetry slam, where poets are scored from 0 to 10 by random audience members based on their writing and performance. Most of you … Continue reading
The Great Canadian YouTube Poetry Contest
My newest poetry video created by the talented Jessica, Charlie and Lucy at NTCI, late January. We submitted this video to the Great Canadian YouTube Poetry Contest, where voting by likes created a short-list. The videos were then judged by numbers … Continue reading
Posted in Performance news
Tagged gay, i'm so gay, poem, poetry, video, videopoem, youtube
A week at McMurrich
I recently taught a week of poetry workshops for Grade 5 and 6 students at McMurrich Jr PS. You can see into our workshop process through these pictures tweeted by the teachers. Thanks @zeliaMCT and @kamla_sharbear. It was a pleasure and an … Continue reading
Posted in Workshop news
Tagged elementary school, high school, poetry, slam poetry, spoken word, workshops
