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Dear Child of Japan

Marcia — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:30:29 +0000

"Cosmic Flower" by Takashi Murakami

I want to give you flowers so that you are happy.

I want you to feel my heart.

I would like to give you toys.

Some sun to keep you warm.

A star so you can sleep calmly and with love.

I would especially like to give you my heart.

By Jocelyn, 1st grade

Filed under: event, loss, place, poetry, student, writers in the schools Tagged: epistolary, Japan poem, Japanese earthquake, poem

WITS Houston — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:30:53 +0000

Image by mikebaird via Flickr

Songbirds singing
Trees waving in the wind
The sound of people talking
The sound of cars zooming by
The smell of freshly cut grass
The vision of doves flying overhead
You can feel this dream making
More and more of itself.

by Ty, 4th grade

Filed under: creativity, place, poetry, student

Writers Tell Their Houston Stories on November 12th

WITS Houston — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:30:17 +0000

What: Houston Inside Out: A Symposium

Who: Rosellen Brown, Robb Walsh, Bao-Long Chu, Roger Wood, and Gwendolyn Zepeda

Where: Houston Public Library, Central Branch, 500 McKinney St.

When: Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Cost: FREE and open to all!

Writing & C/Siting Houston brings together writers, folklorists and scholars to create written portraits that explore the ways and the wheres through which Houstonians know and cherish their hometown.

Filed under: essay, event, Houston, place, Reading Tagged: Bao-Long Chu, gwendolyn zepeda, Houston Public Library, Roger Wood, Rosellen Brown

FREE Event: Writers Celebrate Their Houston Neighborhoods

WITS Houston — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:06:13 +0000

This Thursday a project called Writing & C/Siting Houston presents personal essayists on the topic, Old Neighborhoods, New Neighbors. Four local writers will delve into their chosen Houston sites:

Nimmi Jayathurai, “Banana Leaves and Migrant Passages”

Raj Mankad, “America Varshe, America Kande: Hinduism, Ornament, and the Suburban Box”

Thomas Meloncon, “My Fifth Ward”

Gwendolyn Zepeda, “The Old Sixth Ward District (or, as we used to call it, Del Sesto)”

When: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:00 pm

Where: Robertson Auditorium, University of Houston-Downtown Please click here for free parking information

Cost: FREE

Filed under: event, Houston, place, spoken word, writer, writers in the schools

The World Is With Me

Marcia — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:30:20 +0000

Image by demandaj via Flickr

When I am lost, I turn to the stars

When I am lonely, I climb trees

When I am angry, the storm screams in my ear

When I don’t have any answers, I walk in the woods

When I feel strong, I run in the wind

When I am happy, the sun burns bright

No matter what, the world is with me

By Sid, age 11

Filed under: nature, place, poem a day, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: nature poem, tree climbing