Schooling Online
English Essentials – Perfecting Poetry – How Soundscape is used to Convey Meaning in Poetry (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Ever wondered why some poems flow smoothly, while others sound harsh and dissonant? It’s time to examine the soundscape of poetry. In this second lesson, we’ll delve into how poets create euphony and cacophony through a range of poetic...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marilyn Nelson - Teachers Make a Difference - Daniel Hoffman
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young adults include A Wreath for Emmett Till and the ground breaking Carver: A Life in Poems, a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pegi Deitz Shea "Wasted Lives"
Pegi Deitz Shea is an award-winning author and poet for all ages. She is a writing instructor at The Mark Twain House & Museum, School Literary Presenter at Children's Books and the First Poet Laureate at Town of Vernon, CT. She studied...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Benjamin S. Grossberg - Teachers Make a Difference - Edward Hirsch
Benjamin S. Grossberg is the author of Space Traveler (University of Tampa, 2014); Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award; and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "I Was Born On An Island"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Music Matters
Name the Composer Quiz! #18 Do you know your classical composers
How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Hillringhouse - 'Here'
Mark Hillringhouse is a published poet, essayist, and photographer whose works have been widely exhibited in area galleries. His photo-essay on the Passaic River was published in the American Poetry Review and his photography and writing...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Joe Weil - Teachers Make a Difference - Alice Bartnique
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John L. Stanizzi Teachers Make a Difference - Theresa Vincenzo
John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall Antrim House Books, and After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time!, Big Table Publishing...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Randall Horton {#289-128} PROPERTY OF THE STATE - Sorry This Not That Poem
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pegi Deitz Shea "Aphasia"
Pegi Deitz Shea is an award-winning author and poet for all ages. She is a writing instructor at The Mark Twain House & Museum, School Literary Presenter at Children's Books and the First Poet Laureate at Town of Vernon, CT. She studied...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker - Teachers Make a Difference - Allen Ginsberg
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "Is This Really Broad Street, Hartford?"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Tim Madigan Teachers Make a Difference - Mike Lundby and Howie Good
In a journalism career spanning more than three decades, Tim has written for the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Politico, Reader's Digest, and for thirty years the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tim's books include the critically acclaimed...
Kult America
Adam Mickiewicz Died in Istanbul
Most Poles don't realize it but one of their biggest heroes died here in Istanbul. On today's episode of Kult America I'm in Istanbul, Turkey to visit the places of Adam Mickiewicz.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
RuNett Nia Ebo - I Dance and My Body Talks to God
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
National Theatre
Translations: Behind the Scenes
Go behind the scenes of the National Theatre's shoot at the National Poetry Library.
Poetry Foundation
Jeremy Radin reads "I Should Not Say You" by Leonard Cohen
Jeremy Radin (he/him/his) reads the poem “I Should Not Say You” by Leonard Cohen.
Oxford Comma
How Cyrano Changed the Love Triangle Trope. Intro, themes, and background.
In this video essay we'll analyze Edmund Rostand's masterpiece, Cyrano de Bergerac. In doing so, we'll cover characters, themes, plot points, and the lasting influence of the play. No major spoilers for the play's ending or the upcoming...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Joe Weil - 'Paunch'
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
Chinese Buddy
Spring Slumber (春眠) - 1200 Year-Old Chinese Poem into Song
Spring Slumber (春眠) is a poem by the very famous poet 白居易 (bái jū yì) who lived from 772-846 AD during the Tang Dynasty.
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Victoria Huggins Peurifoy - “Daddy What Did They Do To You?"
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy is a retired federal employee. She is a poet, spoken-word artist, author, ghostwriter, photographer, facilitator, student, mother of four, and a grandmother of eight. A native of West Philadelphia, she currently...
Poetry Foundation
Natasha Huey reads "Ode to Nipples"
Natasha Huey (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Ode to Nipples
Poetry Foundation
Dustin Pearson reads "Dedication"
Dustin Pearson reads Ben Mirov's poem, "Dedication