Ceramics

Artwork in the hall
A sign that says do not touch
But something touched me

Jabril Trawick ’11
Abington Friends School

Be touched! Be poked and startled! On this web site are good things to tweak your memories, tickle your senses and tease your future with new possibilities!

Follow Jabril’s lead to our "artwork", poetry written by elementary and high school children.

If you’re a young poet, send us your work.

If you’re a student who like a challenge, try Marie Kane’s ideas for writing poetry.

If you’re a teacher, use our ideas and contribute your own classroom tested lessons for making poetry.

Experiment with words in ways that are fun, liberating and tasty, as Ted Kooser has suggested in "How to Eat a Poem."

...Sure, its hard to get started;
Remember learning to use

Knife and fork? Dig in;
You’ll never reach bottom

It’s not like it’s the end of the world-
just the world as you think

you know it.

-- From The First Book by Rita Dove

Founded by 2008 Montgomery County Poet Laureate winner Elizabeth Rivers, the PoetryWITS (Writers in the Schools) Program has been established to showcase student writing and encourage poetry teaching.

PoetryWITS is sponsored by the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program.