Author Archives: Grace Curtis

So You Think You Know the Romantic Poets? Test Yourself.

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Grace Curtis

Can you tell the major Romantic poets apart based on their writing? Just for fun, see if you can match the lines of poetry with the poet who wrote them on the basis of style. Click on the link below for … Continue reading →

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A Riff on Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “One Art”

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Grace Curtis

In late December, a string of rejections coupled with the endless gray days of the Midwestern sky, caused me to stop writing altogether during January and most of February. I felt uninspired, and even though I can usually pull myself … Continue reading →

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Interview on Poetry – Miami Valley Voices – April 5, 2015

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Grace Curtis

On April 5, 2015, I was interviewed by Ron Rollins for Miami Valley Voices, a podcast put together by WHIO, a TV and Radio station in Dayton, Ohio. You can hear the interview here.

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Browndress by Grace Curtis (Me, as a Child Poetry Series)

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Grace Curtis

Originally posted on Silver Birch Press:
Browndress by Grace Curtis I. I’m a red bull, a thing in another time that might be called overactive. The world is eclectic, electric, electrified, and everything touched or seen or consumed emits something…

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Listen to a poem on WVXU, Cincinnati

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Grace Curtis

On November 20, 2014, I recorded a few poems and an interview for WVXU, Cincinnati, Ohio.  You can check out one of the poems here.

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Summer Poetry Series–Dos Madres Press & BonBonerie, Cincinnati, Ohio

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Grace Curtis
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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Four

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Grace Curtis

The seventh graders were on a field trip today so we doubled up our classrooms and team taught. Perry Brokow, a retired teacher from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and I joined together to teach today. Perry is teaching drama and speech … Continue reading →

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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Three

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Grace Curtis

Today, we talked about Haiku and looked at sample poems. All told me they had never heard of the concept. I had the students come to the board and mark the syllables as they counted them out. In Arabic, the … Continue reading →

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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day Two

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Grace Curtis

Today the students worked on poems about a body part. I asked them to write at least four lines and to try to include a simile or a metaphor. We had a lengthy discussion about these concepts and they understood … Continue reading →

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Teaching Poetry in an English Workshop–Sakhnin, Israel, Day One

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Grace Curtis

Today was the first day of the English Workshop at Al Bashaer High School in Sakhnin, Israel. There were four classes of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The classes only last for 45 minutes and that seems too short The … Continue reading →

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