Who
did you used to be? Who are you now?
Are
you the young poet sitting beneath an oak tree writing your
private thoughts?
Or
the poet who makes us laugh? Do you almost sing with your
words?
Your
words matter. Poetry matters.
Have
you ever read a poem and said, “Wow! That’s like
me!” Or
had a friend say, after reading one of your poems, “How
did you know how I feel?”
We
want to hear your poems.
We
invite you to submit your poetry to Poetry Wits all through
the school-year! Just click on “Submit
Poems.”
This
spring, you will also have the opportunity to enter your poetry
into a
contest. As a winner,
we will celebrate with you as you read your poem aloud to
an audience of other poetry lovers.
&
this year, published poets may even be visiting
your school.
We
want to hear from you! We want to know who you were, who you
are becoming, and what you have to tell us about your world,
in your poems!
Your
poems matter!
Founded
by 2008 MCPL 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 (MCPL) program.
~ Amy Small-McKinney, 2011 MCPL
