What Do I Care for Morning?
This Week Take a Hike With Helene Johnson Helene Johnson was one of the youngest writers from the Harlem Renaissance, and best remembered for her poetry. Johnson published many poems in small magazines during the 1920s and early 1930s, including Fire!! magazine, Opportunity, the Messenger, the African-American magazine Saturday Evening Quill, and Vanity Fair. Additionally,…
Read MoreI’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense
This Week Take a Hike With Danez Smith Danez Smith is a writer, performer, and poet; the author of four poetry collections and has won numerous prizes for their work including the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Minnesota Book Award in Poetry, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award,…
Read MoreStopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
One of the most beloved and well-known American poets, Robert Frost explored universal themes using language as it was usually spoken. President John F. Kennedy, at whose inauguration Frost delivered a poem, said of the poet, “He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding.”…
Read MoreIn Memoriam
Read In Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and get outside to enjoy the blustery, gloomy weather to celebrate the New Year.
Read MoreAmazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Join us outside this week to read Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem by Dr. Maya Angelou.
Read MoreRiver
It’s coming on Christmas They’re cutting down trees They’re putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on Join us on the trail this week with River by Joni Mitchell.
Read MoreJames Lauritsen
James Lauritsen Madison High School, Rexburg Mr. Lauritsen is a dedicated high school art teacher based in Rexburg, Idaho, where he lives with his wife. A father of three married children and proud grandfather to five, James has spent nearly two decades inspiring students in public education through all media of art and ceramics. His…
Read MoreTiffanie Bird
Tiffanie Bird Moscow Middle School, Moscow Ms. Bird teaches English Language Arts and Performing Arts at Moscow Middle School in Moscow. She is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Idaho, where her research focuses on drama-based education and its impact on student narrative writing in the ELA classroom. Her work reflects her dedication to…
Read MoreAngela DeLeon Guerrero
Angela DeLeon Guerrero Liberty Elementary School, Boise Ms. DG teaches 3rd grade at Liberty Elementary School in Boise. This is her 15th year teaching. She has taught 2nd-6thgrade. She graduated from Boise State with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 2009 and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a math focus in…
Read MorePraise Song for the Day
During this season of reflection and gratitude, we are bundling up and getting on the trail with Pulitzer Prize nominated poet, writer, and academic Elizabeth Alexander and her poem Praise Song for the Day.
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