Your lesson plans all say “Work on project? Or something?” Every single glue stick is empty. No one’s even calling the copier repairman anymore, and people have started storing snacks in the paper trays. Every day is a jeans day. No one really gave permission, it just happened. The things you pack for lunch haveContinue reading “15 Signs It’s the Last Month of School”
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That Summer
This poem was published in A Book of the Year 2017, the anthology of first place poems from the Poetry Society of Texas annual contests. Now that it’s July, when we’re steeped in Texas summer, it seems like a good time to share it with you. Plus, I just got home from spending a fewContinue reading “That Summer”
When Creativity Strikes
You know, it’s funny. The last thing I posted to my blog was a poem about all the things I hadn’t accomplished yet this summer. A poem about letting the to-do lists go and enjoying the moment for what it was. A poem that exuded relaxation and an appreciation for “slow and steady.” Then, aboutContinue reading “When Creativity Strikes”
Carie Juettner 