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The Captain of My Sea — A Poem

the wind blows and I know that change is coming soon   my tears dry then laughs break into bittersweet candy drops   Still here you are the Captain of my sea riding the ebbs and flows knowing which way… Continue Reading →

pain ain't got nothin' on me — A POEM

for me pain don’t transfer a sense of life. nor a hint nor a whisper of a need for penance. to me, life’s hurts are little more than minor key variations on suffering’s simple melody… even a tortured man can… Continue Reading →

chunks of me — A POEM

I stash myself in words and in borrowed thoughts. chunks of me cover blank pages that were once a redemptive smile on a broken man’s face. the corners of his mouth purse away my own tears his eyes are my… Continue Reading →

What's Metaphor got to do with it? 2CEUs

Poetry has many tools: Alliteration,, Rhyme, Rhythm, etc.  But for me, the Metaphor provides poetry with a richness of expression that few other devices/styles can.  Really, any style of poem can benefit from rich metaphors.  The truth is that finding… Continue Reading →

Let's Revolutionize Education — 2 CEUs

I submit that the current goal of education in the United States of America is to create worker bees and boss bees.  Weber confirms this thought, “today’s capitalism, which has come to dominance in economic life, creates and trains, by… Continue Reading →

The System Sucks — 2CEUs

Are at risk kids just creatures responding to their environments with no hope of assimilating into mainstream life?  There have always been kids who live on the margin of society and I suspect there will always be kids who live… Continue Reading →

Voice of Salvation — A POEM

Saw and heard George Thorogood his guitar sounded like the damned finding their salvation crying for their reprieve   I played my guitar today wouldn’t have melted warm butter but it felt good to play and I was glad I… Continue Reading →

There are Times — A POEM

There are times I wanna surf the wind on a leaf not for nothin’– not for a dime not for a smile not for nothing but for a little while. just to float and fly and feel free from gravity… Continue Reading →

Towards a Critical Pedagogy (2CEUs)

Wink (2005) describes critical pedagogy as a way for people to become aware of their own contexts and their respective roles within those contexts.  Critical pedagogy calls for people to name their reality in their own terms, to reflect critically… Continue Reading →

Reflective Journaling Works (2CEUs)

I am going to present some evidence about reflective journaling’s role in psychological health.  TO start, Hubbs and Brand (2005) describe three types of reflective journaling: (1) the dialogue journal which provides a means for the student and instructor to… Continue Reading →

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