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Join Kim Ruffin, Associate Professor of English at Roosevelt University and an Outdoor Afro leader, as she creates a 4-leaf palette to inspire and create poetry. Her inspiration came from a visit to the George Washington Carver National Monument in Missouri, and this activity is meant to inspire writing in much the way Dr. Carver
Join Jean Kanzinger, a teacher consultant at the NWP site at Kent State University, as she demonstrates techniques used in art education and in writing about art that can enhance the description in your nature poetry. Here is a related handout. Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
Join Heather Hummel, Poet and Little Rock Writing Project Director, as she prompts young writers (and the young at heart) to create poems about themselves, animals and nature. Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
Join Elizabeth Farris, a teacher consultant of the Ohio Writing Project, and her family as they share ideas to inspire art and creativity using found natural treasures. Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
Click on the image above to open a map of poetry “sparks” created by National Park Service Rangers from across the country. Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
Join Willeena Booker, a poet and teacher consultant of the Philadelphia Writing Project, in a community park landscaped entirely with native plants. She describes how to be inspired by nature to write a Haiku and then shares one of her own. Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
Watch the sun rise or set; what feelings, words or thoughts does this inspire in you? Poets over the centuries have written about the sun; use your feelings, words and thoughts to add to this collection. Here are a few examples: Return to the Poetry for the Planet Choice Board
This prompt is inspired by Ada Limón’s Poetry in the Parks project: Listen to Ada Limón read The Earth is a Living Thing by Lucille Clifton. In this poem, the earth is explored through a series of metaphors dangling off the edge of the “is” starter phrase in each stanza. Focus on an object in
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Join Amy Hirzel, Poet and teacher consultant with the Kent State Writing Project, as she explores the intersections between the human and natural world through poetry. Amy will guide you through how to produce vivid writing inspired by the worlds around you; here are related slides and Amy’s example. Return to the Poetry for the
Join Kelly Hedberg and Jessica Early, as they create found poems from public and park signs in Tempe Arizona. Kelly Hedberg is an Outdoor Education Consultant at Rover Elementary School. Jessica Early is a Professor and Director of English Education at Arizona State University and the Director of the Central Arizona Writing Project. Return to
