Tag: literature

THE POWER OF POETRY #33: AMY SAUL-ZERBY

September 15, 2015

  THE POWER OF POETRY – Amy Saul-Zerby   In order to explain the power of poetry to you, I need you to understand about metaphors. EXAMPLE: TIME IS AN OCEAN It brings things to you then takes them away It seems bottomless but is not If you stop moving,

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THE POWER OF POETRY #13: “YOU TALK TOO MUCH” – CRISTOPHER GIBSON

July 7, 2015

  You Talk Too Much – Cristopher Gibson   “CRISTOPHER!” Is what I recall most about school, the dinner table, church, or really anywhere I was with other people as a child. Anyone who knows me knows that I talk…a lot. As a kid this was in hyper drive. I

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INTERVIEW: Taylor Mali is Metaphorically Yours.

May 23, 2013

Taylor Mali is one of the best known poets of the last decade. He’s been a part of seven national slam poet teams, four of which have won the competition. He spent nine years as a middle school teacher, and worked to create 1000 teachers through poetry, finally hitting the

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