Three Minute Poems: Mining, Crafting, Polishing, Sharing

This session will guide you through timed writing protocols designed for instant results. The initial goal is to show how students can write—in as little as ten minutes—a spontaneous, no-pressure poem draft. A draft they may eventually choose to revise, edit, polish, and even publish. The long-term goal is to help students and teachers develop a creative writing practice that resists writer's block and channels the spirit of discovery. You will leave the session with tools to help you and your students start, develop, and finish a poem.