Poetry Place

Faculty and Staff helped FCTS celebrate the conclusion of National Poetry Month by performing an online poetry reading.

        "XXXII" by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) -- read by Ms. Amy Bush:

        "The Pobble who had no Toes" by Edward Lear (1812-1888) -- read by Mr. Kevin Hollister:

        "Debris" by Wally Keniston, April, 2020 -- yet to be read by Wally Keniston.     

"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) -- read by Mr. Marcus McLaurin:

        "Thank you Lord for the Dark Ablaze" by Steve Scafidi (1967) -- read by Mr. Jeremy Mailloux. (He will give extra credit to his students who participate.)

You can still be a part of our act of literary and artistic service:

• 1. Find a short, school-appropriate poem... say between three to five minutes long.  This poem may be in English or Spanish. You are welcome to select a poem from the Poetry Out Loud collection, available on the library palette of online resources, or record a poem that you wrote.

  2. Set up a comfortable space where you will record yourself reading the short poem.

  3. During your video session:

  4. Greet your audience and introduce yourself. For example:  "Hi Franklin Tech, this is... "

  5. Give the name of the poem and the poet. For example: "The poem I am reading is... by... "  If the poem is in a printed book, please show the front cover.

  6. Pause for a second, then clearly read the poem at a moderate pace.

  7. Pause for a second, then politely wrap up your recording. For example:  "I hope you enjoyed the poem," or "Thank you for listening!"

  8. Post the video to your FCTS G-drive and share it with Mr. Keniston, or send the recording to his email address wkeniston@fcts.us. Thank you!

For POETRY OUT LOUD... click below on the PURPLE BOX with the letter P: