(((Elyse))

Middle School English Teacher with BCPS. Neurodivergent, equal opportunity animal lover. She/her.

[(((Elyse)) @ElyseDunstan]

This is how I am planning my lesson today. Puck is helping!

[Jimmy Jean-Louis @haitianhero]

SAVE THE CHEERLEADER, SAVE THE WORLD. It was an honor to protect Claire Bennett for 4 unforgettable seasons. Goodbye Hayden 💔

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[Salvator R. Tarnmoor @s_r_tarnmoor]

@olivertraldi This is just to say

We have opened
the bag
that was from
Aeolus

which we thought
was probably
filled
with treasure

Forgive us
it was winds
so stormy
and so cold

[Oliver Traldi @olivertraldi]

To settle a troublesome discourse, I have provided here the most faithful and poetic possible translation of the beginning of the Odyssey.

We male sex. We
complex. We

fake horse. We
off course. We

sail long. We
hear song. We

pig crew. We
home soon.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I live just across the road from a school, and today I heard the announcement of a lockdown drill. When it was finished, I could hear the children playing in the Spring rain. I thought of my own son, safe by the grace of God, and of history, and of all the children for whom the day came when it was not a drill. And I thought about James Baldwin's words—"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe"—and I thought about this:

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I do *not* want an AI "summary" of an email, or a book, or a life. I do not want an AI summary of a winter sky, or my father's hands, or the hope in my child's eyes. I do not want an AI summary of the human heart, or the first little shiver of lust, or the long good work of love.

[(((Elyse)) @ElyseDunstan]

@LemonLymancom MARYLAND!

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Since the highest officials of our 'government' have stated that people with autism will "never write a poem" or live beautiful lives, I'm sharing this poem written by an autistic child.

She used my poetry prompts that show everyone has a voice within. Education matters, and it works if it's done with love and understanding.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

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[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

this

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

this

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

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[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“Whatever it takes. Find the animal / you want to be and burst into that.”

— Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
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This poem appeared in Diode Poetry Journal. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Nothing goes harder than Anne Carson's translation of Euripides:

[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

the west wing intro but it’s succession style #Westwingaissance

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

For all the children going back to school, which isn't always easy ❤️

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I just want to let you all know I'm ok. 🤍 I'm pulling through a hard time & will be back soon to restart the Daily Poetry Thread & my daily sharing of truth & beauty.

The algorithm might have dropped me while I was gone, so can you let me know if you see this? Sending love.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Today's Poetry Thread: NATURE

This poem has helped me so many times. Feel free to add poems.