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Mayor Parker Announces Houston’s First Poet Laureate
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April 11, 2013 by Marcia

Mayor Annise D. Parker and Houston Public Library (HPL) Director Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson announced that Gwendolyn Zepeda has been …
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Category: art, books, creativity, event, Houston, national poetry month, poem a day, Spanish, writer, Writers, writers in the schools, writing | Tags: Arts, gwendolyn zepeda, Houston, Houston Public Library, Poet, Poet Laureate, poetry, writer
5 Writers Tell Us How WITS Teaching Transformed Them: Stacy Parker Le Melle
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March 21, 2013 by Marcia

Former WITS writer Stacy Parker Le Melle, author of Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House (Ecco/HarperCollins) and …
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Category: creativity, education, essay, Houston, poetry, student, writers in the schools, writing | Tags: Arts, Classroom, Fetzer Institute, Government Girl: Young and Female in the White House, Learning, Stacy Parker Le Melle, the Katrina Experience, women writers, Writers Resources
The Average Fourth Grader is a Better Poet than You (and Me Too)
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March 18, 2013 by Marcia

Please visit Harriet, the literary blog for the Poetry Foundation, so that you can read Hannah Gamble’s guest post “The …
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Category: creativity, education, Houston, imagination, inspiration, poetry, student, teaching, writer, writers in the schools, writing | Tags: Arts, Hannah Gamble, Harriet, Literature, poetry, Poetry Foundation
Elephant March I
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February 26, 2013 by witshouston

From WITS Intern Eriel: A little under a month ago I started working with WITS Writer MaryScott at Travis Elementary …
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Category: education, homeschooling, humor, student, writers in the schools, writing prompts | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Education, internship, Travis Elementary School, wits intern, writers in the schools
One Voice Poetic Choir Tonight!
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February 22, 2013 by witshouston

As a featured component of Society for Performing Art’s Movement Toward Literacy initiatives and its Performance Prelude series, Writers in …
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Category: creativity, event, Houston, inspiration, spoken word, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Houston, meta-four houston, performance poetry, poetry, reading, spoken word, writers in the schools
Black Rock Today
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February 20, 2013 by witshouston

Today I am a small, black, little thing, the size of a quarter. Today I am a rock with a …
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Category: creativity, nature, place, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, nature poem, poetry, student, writers in the schools
Forest Life
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February 11, 2013 by witshouston

If I lived in the forest, I would see turtles and smell the flowers. I would be a bird and …
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Category: animal, creativity, Houston, nature, place, poetry, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Houston, nature poem, poetry
Creative Writing Camp
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February 7, 2013 by witshouston

Registration is filling up quickly! Within the first 20 minutes of open registration, over 100 students enrolled in Creative Writing …
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Category: creativity, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Creative Writing Camp, Education, Houston, houston summer camp, poetry, student, summer, summer camp
An Evening of Literary Placemaking
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February 5, 2013 by witshouston

Join Writing & C/Siting Houston for an event featuring WITS founder Philip Lopate, WITS Writer Miah Arnold, and great friend …
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Category: creativity, essay, event, Houston, place, Reading, Writers, writers in the schools, writing | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Education, Honors College, Houston, reading, University of Houston, University of Houston Creative Writing Program
Dare to Dream Writing Contest
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January 28, 2013 by witshouston

The Dare to Dream … Change the World Annual Writing Contest for Kids aims to promote literacy, poetry writing, and nonfiction research …
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Category: contest, creativity, inspiration, student writing contest, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, student, writing contest
In My Dreams
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January 25, 2013 by witshouston

In partnership with Aurora Picture Show’s Media Arts Instructors Felisa Prieto and Camilo Gonzalez, students at KIPP Academy created short …
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Category: creativity, imagination, self-portrait, student, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, aurora picture show, creative writing, poetry, stop motion
To The Lady in White Cloth
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January 21, 2013 by witshouston

I saw your photo. You were sitting in a police car; you were going to jail. You were strange because …
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Category: art, creativity, inspiration, memory | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Martin Luther King Day, menil collection, poetry
Outside in Winter
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January 18, 2013 by witshouston

I am outside looking at the snow falling, and I hear the wind blowing the trees. I am outside smelling …
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Category: Houston, nature, place | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Houston, poem, winter, writers in the schools
Tonight! Meta-Fourth Friday
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January 11, 2013 by witshouston

All Houston area youth ages 13-18 are invited to participate in the city’s first poetic choir. Come out tonight to …
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Category: creativity, event, Houston, poetry, spoken word, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, creative writing, Houston Public Library, performance poetry, poetic choir, poetry, society for performing arts, spoken word, wortham theater
True Colors
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November 5, 2012 by witshouston

You see paintings shaped in upright rectangles. But I see stars and a moon and also a blue sky. There …
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Category: art, creativity, Houston, inspiration, poetry, student, writers in the schools | Tags: Arts, Houston, menil collection, poetry, writers in the schools

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Writers in the Schools (WITS) is the #1 literary arts organization in Texas, increasing literacy and nourishing creativity across the nation. With 80 writers and educators on staff, WITS has a reach throughout Houston in classrooms, community centers, museums, parks, and hospitals. This blog provides a snapshot of the organization--who we are, where we are, and what we are all about.

The glory of WITS is best expressed by the students--in their own words -- so this blog features essays, stories, and poems that were created by K-12 students in our program. All material (c) Writers in the Schools 2007-2013. If you wish to republish this work, please credit both the organization and the author and link back to this site. This material may not be used in commercial ventures of any kind.

Supporting WITS will help bring the pleasure and power of reading and writing to more Houston children -- 23,000 students this year -- helping to improve writing skills, build confidence, raise test scores, and enhance creativity.

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