Adventure Quote by Jeanne Birdsall

“THE POETRY TEACHER The university gave me a new, elegant classroom to teach in. Only one thing, they said. You can’t bring your dog.…

— Mary Oliver

“School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my…

— Jack Gantos

“the assistant principal told me how he “loved to read a great novel and discuss the meaning of life.” He smiled, sighed wistfully, and…

— John Owens

“Poetry is a distinct faculty, - it won't come when called, - you may as well whistle for a wind.”

— George Gordon Byron

“I wanted everything to freeze, it was finally where I wanted it, and I whispered to my empty dining room, "Nobody move." Timothy was…

— Wendy Blackburn

“Anyhow, high school is just…The. Worst.” “Funny that you became a high school teacher, then,” I say, and she laughs again. “Something I should…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I’m not a poet. But my wife is. She taught me to look for the extraordinary in the simplicity. She taught me about emotion,…

— Jennifer Probst

“She seemed pleasantly surprised that I’d read the homework assignment the night before, despite being somewhat distracted by the thoughts of gremlins lurking around…

— Julie Kagawa

“You must be kidding." She says, "Having the power of life and death isn't enough. You must wonder what other poems are in that…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.”

— X.J. Kennedy

“I walk out into the open, never dreaming of what I'd see. I sat on a tree and saw Mother Nature crying to me.…

— Timothy P. McLaughlin

“By the time I slip back to my room, it's almost six. Jasmine is in bed, awake and waiting for me..."Where were you?" Where…

— Justina Chen Headley