Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A.

English and poetry teacher, Faculty Athletics Representative-Rappahannock High School; Chair, Richmond County Public Schools Multicultural Diversity Committee

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

"I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,
or a button hole, not because it did anything spectacular,
but because it never forgot what it could do."

--Naomi Shihab Nye

[Melissa Smith #TeachLivingPoets @MelAlterSmith]

Proud to be a member of @ncte and to have led a #TeachLivingPoets Roundtable session w @JoelRGarza @JessycaMathews @JoriKrulder @HerreraKM1 @C_Winfield_III @LindsayPenelope @nicolerivers81 & @joelcmayo at the 2021 conference. Congratulations, NCTE! 🎉🙌

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

@MelAlterSmith Much love and respect to you, @MelAlterSmith! Congratulations, Renewed NBCT!

[Melissa Smith #TeachLivingPoets @MelAlterSmith]

Empower your students to brag on themselves a little. Love this lesson in self-love by @C_Winfield_III for #TeachLivingPoets

https://t.co/CRJk2I5eiO

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

@MelAlterSmith, thank you for offering me this opportunity to present at the 2021 NCTE Convention, for guiding us as we prepared our respective parts for the #TeachLivingPoets presentation, and for encouraging me to contribute to the #TeachLivingPoets website and movement!

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

@MelAlterSmith, thank you for offering me this opportunity to present at the 2021 NCTE Convention, for guiding us as we prepared our respective parts for the #TeachLivingPoets presentation, and for encouraging me to contribute to the #TeachLivingPoets website and movement!

[Melissa Smith #TeachLivingPoets @MelAlterSmith]

Thank you to all the #NCTE21 #TeachLivingPoets Roundtable Leaders: @joelcmayo @nicolerivers81 @JoelRGarza @JessycaMathews @JoriKrulder @C_Winfield_III @HerreraKM1 & Keynote speaker: poet, professor, & co-author of Teach Living Poets (NCTE, 2021), @LindsayPenelope!

[Joel Mayo @joelcmayo]

Super excited to be a part of this amazing group of educators. Like for real, so much talent, knowledge, creativity, and pure awesomeness. I'm truly honored and grateful for the opportunity. Thank you @MelAlterSmith!

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

@Gittarhh You definitely had some parallels with that character from Finding Forrester. No doubt about it.

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

Much respect to my favorite music artists: @common and @johnlegend.
#SocialJustice #SocialJusticeIssues #Diversity #DiversityMatters #Equality #TeachLivingPoets

[COMMON @common]

GLORY. #BlackLivesMatter

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

Check out this song, "The Day Women Took Over," by @common. I believe he performed this version of his song at the NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert that took place in The White House Library during President Obama's second term in office.
#TeachLivingPoets #HipHopMusic #poetry #jazz

[COMMON @common]

"The day women took over, let it continue. Now women get paid as much as men do. Dr. Angelou's looking from Heaven's window, telling young girls phenomenal woman is in you."

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

"At exactly which point do you start to realize
that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
That's why, Knowledge of Self is like life after death
Apply it, to your life, let destiny manifest"

-"K.O.S. (Determination)" by @TalibKweli
#TeachLivingPoets #HipHopMusic #poetry

[Suzanne Slade | Children's Book Author @AuthorSSlade]

Insightful interview on @WBEZreset show with host @JWhitePubRadio about EXQUISITE new #GwendolynBrooks biography for children. #GlobalGwen
#NationalPoetryMonth
https://t.co/wlq27N26tU

[Archived: Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot @mayorlightfoot]

70 years ago, Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black person to ever win a Pulitzer Prize.

Today, we honor the legacy of this literary pioneer and the inspiration she gave to generations of writers who followed her. #GlobalGwen

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

70 years ago today, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize.

In 1966, we produced a 30-minute program about her and her work. #GlobalGwen

https://t.co/lLZ8iLFT3p

[Library of America @LibraryAmerica]

70 years ago today, Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, making her the 1st African American to win a Pulitzer in any category. We join @BrooksPermits in today's #GlobalGwen commemorations: https://t.co/MkkxqNkLnt

[American Writers Museum @AWMuseum]

Mornings are for coffee and Chicago poetry.

May 1, 1950: #GwendolynBrooks becomes the first Black person to win a Pulitzer in any category.

Join us, @BrooksPermits and many others in celebrating by sharing photos and videos of you reading Brooks' work and using #GlobalGwen!

[SchomburgCenter @SchomburgCenter]

At our 2017 event “Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration,” #SchomburgCenter Director Kevin Young recited her poem “kitchenette building.” Today is the 70th anniversary of Brooks making history as the 1st Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize.
https://t.co/iY7JOgUMF9
#GlobalGwen

[Poetry Foundation @PoetryFound]

Commemorate the 70th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry by watching "We Real Cool," our collaboration with @ManualCinema and Crescendo Literary. Join the fun with #GlobalGwen https://t.co/wq2T27sgn1

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

Included in this tweet are four examples of student work from my English 10 class at Rappahannock High School where my students explored Naomi Shihab Nye's poem by taking annotated notes and completing dual entry journals. #poetry #poetrylovers

[Cleveland Winfield III, M.F.A. @C_Winfield_III]

Cultural Artist of the Day: Embrace #TeachLivingPoets by exploring “Famous” by Naomi Shihab Nye, the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate. To read “Famous” + other poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, click on the following link: https://t.co/tjsDd0ydtU