“Make your soul grow” – Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to high schoolers
Back in 2006, an English teacher at Xavier High School in New York City gave her students an unusual assignment. Ms. Lockwood asked them to write letters to their favorite authors, inviting each to visit… Continue Reading
“Whatif” by Shel Silverstein
Whatif Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I’m dumb in school?Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?Whatif I… Continue Reading
“The Gift” by Li-Young Lee
The Gift To pull the metal splinter from my palmmy father recited a story in a low voice.I watched his lovely face and not the blade.Before the story ended, he’d removedthe iron sliver I thought… Continue Reading
“The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth
The World Is Too Much With Us The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts… Continue Reading