I, too, am an academic who writes poetry, who encourages students to read,
write, and perform their poetry. Why just yesterday, in response to a flyer
I sent around from the San Diego Writers Org, a student showed me their work
and asked if they should submit it.
It turns out that this 18 year-old student has already been published in a
school chapbook, that he's an actor/singer/dancer who's currently performing
in *The Whiz*. Because of my taking the time to look at his work, he spoke
to me for awhile, and asked if he could meet with me again. I feel a
connection was made between us through poetry--and not because he's in my
English 101 comp class. His papers are rather promising, too, though, I
might add. <G>
Terrie
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