Creativity requires being awake and alive.
I love to stir students' imaginations, making them notice the pattern of raindrops on the window or see the connection between a school bus and a grapefruit. I encourage experimentation and failure. Each piece of writing is a discovery. To enhance my work in the classroom, I perform as Emily Dickinson, sometimes adding a workshop using Dickinson's poems. My writing has been published in literary journals, and I have received two national fellowships.