Third Week of @CWPFairfield Summer Programs Complete! Another Successful Week

We are at week three, and this week we say goodbye to Ms. Mindy, who has, in year three, brought us tremendous serenity, offering instruction to little labbers, totally cosmically (it's okay. She'll be back next year).

The last week of Little Labs for Big Imaginations has ended, and almost 70 3rd-5th grade kids have had the benefit of experiencing a National Writing Project program. The emotions ran high today as the teachers realized the the three weeks (at least for them) is coming to an end.

It is wonderful to witness: the teachers, the youth, the writing, and the absolute joy for being on Fairfield University.

We still have three weeks left of youth and teacher programs, but we are halfway to the end. I know this, because I was hopping around rooms today and couldn't help but tap the white board in Project Citizen with a quick A-Z poem. I was watching the youngest Johnson kid (too wound up to hear her siblings read their Friday best) so as she colored I filled a white board. I simply asked her to tell me the alphabet, then I wrote.

A nd then there's this...a search for
B liss, a confusion draped in doubt,
C reatively a kiss
D estined for tomorrow's tryst --
E ach of us drying out in the mist,
F ollowing anarchy, chaos and fists,
G rabbing for hope, trying not to miss
H armory (should we listen to Prince?)...
I honesty don't know -
J okes always been on this bro,
K irate-chopping his verse as I try to flow...
L aughing with wet as Lear's Fool always knows,
M eandering in thought, that's how the frog goes,
N ever satisfied, locked down by such prose,
O scillating linguistics as Devin Jean throws --
P oetic rants, hip-hop bros
Q uestioniing truth, their highs and their lows,
R abbit leaps at life, that's how the pond grows,
S oliloquies. Stages. Exiting caves...fire glows
T eaching allegories as history always shows....
U m, yes, then there's this,
V erses vs. textuall lineage (you get the gist)
W e, me, them, us, & I,
X minining, Great Whatever, with this manic Bry-guy,
Y ou, him, her &  they, a
Z illion possibilities for another day

I'm thankful it is Saturday. Of course, I don't know if it is Monday or Wednesday, but I know it is one of these days. And I'm happy that today is Saturday and I can get some rest.