“No place is home” by Maia Koehler Allen (Y8), “Paragraph without a/b” by Ananya Brandon (Y7), “My story*” by George Chalkias
Tag: poetry
Highlights from the Junior Update, May 2025
“Reading No Matter The Weather” by Ella Smith (Y7), “The Taj Mahal: a monument to everlasting Love and Death” by Maia Koehler Allen (Y8), “LA fires core” by Beatrice Kellet (Y9), “Violet” and “Nature Walk Poem” by Ananya Brandon (Y7)
The Mountain: An Inspiring Poem from our Junior Update!
poem by George Chalkias from our Junior Update! As the winter wind whistles, its song swirling around me I stand … More
Creative piece: Where I’m From
This poem was written by Isabelle King during a five week writers-in-residence program at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. It’s … More
We Real Fools – a creative piece
We real fools. WeBreak rules. We Ignore. WePraise God. We Loathe labs. WeDodge jabs. We Endure. We Die pure. – … More
The Week in a Poem: “No Planet B”
We only have one chance.
Guest Speakers Interview: Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage: Oxford’s Professor of Poetry on Rap, Classics, and Poetry’s Role in the World