A blog for the book IMPERFECT: a poetry anthology for middle schoolers about mistakes
How can we make the most of useful mistakes and do our best to fix the ones that need fixing? Poetry can help us figure it out.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Today's Quote: William Wordsworth
Text:
On that best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.
~ William Wordsworth
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Today's Quote: Neil Gaiman
Text:
The only thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.
~ Neil Gaiman
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Today's Quote: William Shakespeare
Text:
Many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.
~ William Shakespeare
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Today's Quote: Gillian Anderson
Text:
Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
~ Gillian Anderson
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Today's Quote: Michelle Obama
Text:
Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.
~ Michelle Obama
Portrait by Amy Sherald, © National Portrait Gallery.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Today's Quote: Buddha
Text:
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
~ Buddha
NYPL Digital Collections.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Today's Quote: Alan Baxter
Text:
You're never going to be good enough to start. But if you start, you'll get good enough. So start.
~ Alan Baxter
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