This past Friday, I drove up to the Harmony Science Academy of North Austin to be a guest speaker in an eighth grade poetry class, and it was a blast. I’d never been a guest speaker before. I’d hosted guest speakers in my own classroom and been to see plenty of them at bookstores and libraries,Continue reading “My First Guest Speaking Appearance (And a Few Hilarious Misspellings)”
Category Archives: Poetry
Growing Up on the Oregon Trail
This week, I’d like to share one of my poems. “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail” was first published last year in [Insert Coin Here], a video-game-themed anthology by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Growing Up on the Oregon Trail I remember the terrible day when my cousin died of dysentery. I’d gone hunting,Continue reading “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail”
10 Book Title Found Poems
This weekend, I was scanning my shelves looking for a book when I came across two titles side by side that formed a sentence. I thought, Ha ha! That’s funny! Then I thought, Hmm… Then I thought, I love books, I love poems, and I love found poetry, so… Suddenly, it became clear to me that IContinue reading “10 Book Title Found Poems”
Carie Juettner 