“The boys and girls who study here, not shut away by masonry, artificial lighting, air conditioning and windowless walls, from the earth and the sea, the growing plants, the wild creatures, the love of natural things have had a wider approach to the great truths of human thought, a more reasonable approach to the realities of human life.”
Historian and naturalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Ransom Everglades: Reflections of a School 1893-1978
Each week, students in English 442 will invite you to visit, contemplate, and write poetry about green spaces they have adopted on RE's Upper School Campus. Watch the video invitation to each space to learn more about it, and to receive poetic skills and suggestions to help you write your own poem. Spend time being and writing in the space.
Have a favorite tree, patch of grass, vine, air plant, or other natural part of RE's campus? Do you notice and appreciate a living being who also makes RE their home, such as a peacock, lizard, snake, manatee, mosquito, iguana, or other creature? Adopt your own green space or living creature by writing a poem to or about it.
Share your poem(s) through the provided drop boxes in each poetry space and/or through the submission form linked here. Submissions will become part of a community poem, crafted by students in the course, and will be shared back to the community as part of a poetic map of RE. See below for more information about individual prizes and awards for participating in NAPOMO!
Every student who submits at least 15 lines of poetry will receive a limited-edition T-shirt designed by Valentina Capote ('26). Wear your shirt on Friday, April 28th!
Students in ENG 442 will select poets to earn special, individual recognition for their work. These students will be featured on a special page of this website and recognized during assembly.
Video invitations were created by students in the spring semester of Mrs. Mandel's English 442: Poetry and Short Fiction class: Loriz Arencibia, Emma Arnhols, Ale Boord, Lucia Rose Dahn, Olivia Drulard, Alexa Geller, Sofia Gudino Ruffa, Lily Landman, Leah Landman, Leah Maduro, Parker Martorella, Rogelio Munoz-Franco, Tanner Pearson, Bea Ribadeneira, Kathryn Serra, Erika Siblesz, Emily Stern, and Leila Zaydon.
Special thanks to Dr. John King, Ms. Nero, Dr. Helmers, Ms. Cornick, Mr. Schachner, Kelly Jackson, and Katrina Patchett for their inspiration and support.
