Poem in Your Pocket Day 4/29/2022

Annette Rochelle Aben

The happy wordsmith knows

Always carry a poem

Wherever you may roam

Brightens the day

You’ll want to be prepared

You may be asked to read

To someone who’s in need

Of cheering up

Joyfully share your gift

You have talent to spare

So, if you really care

Always have two

©2022 Annette Rochelle Aben

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Author: Rae Longest

This year (2019) finds me with 50 plus years of teaching "under my belt." I have taught all levels from pre-K "(library lady" or "book lady"--volunteer) to juniors, seniors, and graduate students enrolled in my Advanced Writing class at the university where I have just completed 30 years. My first paying teaching job was junior high, and I spent 13 years with ages 12-13, the "difficult years." I had some of the "funnest" experiences with this age group. When I was no longer the "young, fun teacher," I taught in an elementary school setting before sixth graders went on to junior high, teaching language arts blocs, an assignment that was a "dream-fit" for me. After completing graduate school in my 40s, I went on to community college, then university teaching. Just as teaching is "in my blood," so is a passion for reading, writing, libraries, and everything bookish. This blog will be open to anyone who loves books, promotes literacy and wants to "come out and play."

5 thoughts on “Poem in Your Pocket Day 4/29/2022”

  3. If there was one thing I did to promote reading in our school, I would have to say that Poem in a Pocket Day was my most successful. Every student had a pocket and at least one poem and we spent the day hearing students read their poems.

    I’ll never forget hearing my sixth-graders reading “And Still I Rise.” And I loved hearing Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son.”

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