Sidewalk Chalk Poetry

It’s hot. 80 degrees hot. The Lake beaches are busy. The cars line main street with empty boat hitches. The Lake buzzes with the sound of motor boats.

Summer. Well…almost…….Three more weeks for anyone who is not a senior.

When I showed up for my two hour writer visit at the high school, we decided to take the high school creative writing classes outside. A nature walk and sidewalk chalk poetry. It’s amazing how a box of sidewalk chalk can bring smiles to faces. We transformed the sidewalk with words and colorful pictures.

Metaphors and similie.

Alliteration and Onomatopoeia.
I wrote a poem myself. “Ode to the Batting Cage.” It’s nothing that will be published beyond the sidewalk. But publication and high achievement wasn’t the point.

I smile when I think of that colorful, joyful sidewalk and the teens saying, “Hey…this is fun!”

Congratulations! LSHS Baseball and Writing Scholarship Awarded

I have two congratulations today for Lake Stevens High School….

First, the results are in……The Melinda S. Hardwick Creative Writing Scholarship has been awarded to…

Kristin Reinke

On her application, Kristin wrote that her career goal is to be a young adult writer, and if her writing sample is any indication of her career path we should see much more of this fine writer in years to come! Congratulations Kristin!

And second, I want congratulate the Lake Stevens High School baseball team for placing FIRST in the WesCo North Division with an impressive season record of 13-3 in the league, and 16-4 overall. I knew that team was going somewhere!!!! Good luck at Districts Lake Stevens!