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| Constance Alexander works on poetry with a 5th grade Social Studies class at Criddenden Elementary. |
Celebrating poetry... one minute at a time!
In honor of April, National Poetry Month, WKMS-FM and Murray State University’s Teacher Quality Institute have teamed up for the fourth year of a special project. Throughout April, WKMS will broadcast Poetry Minutes, short poems by students in western Kentucky public schools inspired by art works from American history. The Poetry Minutes will air at 7:19 a.m. and 4:19 p.m. weekdays.
This winter, MSU Faculty Scholar Constance Alexander, award-winning poet, columnist and commentator, conducted workshops at Ballard Elementary, Crittenden Elementary, Commonwealth Middle College, Paducah Middle, Reidland Elementary and South Marshall Middle School. Works of art from Picturing America, a grant program from the National Endowment for the Humanities, provided inspiration. A sixteen-word poem by William Carlos Williams, famous U.S. poet from the early 20th century, served as a structural model for the young writers.
These poems are centered around pieces of artwork
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House by the Railroad (1925)
by Edward Hopper
Brianna Higgins, South Marshall Middle - April 1 (1st Reader)
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Hannah Troutman, Paducah Middle College - April 4 (1st Reader)
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Olivia Mayberry, Ballard Elementary - April 6 (1st Reader)
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Madison Golightly - Paducah Middle - April 6 (2nd Reader)
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Dollie Jo Alexander - Paducah Middle College - April 11 (2nd Reader)
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McKenzie Crane - Reidland Elementary - April 12 (2nd Reader)
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Nickolas Burns - Ballard Elementary - April 15 (1st Reader)
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Madison Williams - Ballard Elementary - April 18 (2nd Reader)
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Kaki Shadoan - Paducah Middle - April 19 (1st Reader)
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Amber Bass - Paducah Middle College - April 20 (1st Reader)
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Michaela Johnson - Reidland Elementary - April 22 (2nd Reader)
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Bailey Akin - Reidland Elementary - April 25 (1st Reader)
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Bayli Sirls - South Marshall Middle - April 25 (1st Reader)
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Patience Leviere - South Marshall Middle - April 26 (1st Reader)
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Marissa Johnson- Common. Middle College - April 28 (2nd Reader)
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Makenzie Beanland - Reidland Elementary - April 29 (1st Reader)
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Kirsten Jones - Ballard Elementary - Web Exclusive (2nd Reader)
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Ronnie Jones - Reidland Elementary - Web Exclusive (1st Reader)
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The Boating Party (1893/1894)
by Mary Cassatt
Mason Wyatt, South Marshall Middle - April 1 (2nd Reader)
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Johnathan Chumbler - Paducah Middle College- April 4 (2nd Reader)
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Savanna Selwitz - Common. Middle College - April 28 (1st Reader)
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Joelle Middleman - Common. Middle College - April 29 (2nd Reader)
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Elizabeth Boyles - Reidland Elementary - April 29 (2nd Reader)
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Migrant Mother (1936)
by Dorothea Lange
Lindsey Miller, Ballard Elementary School - April 4 (2nd Reader)
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Ian Leatherman - Reidland Elementary - April 8 (2nd Reader)
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Nina Brown - Paducah Middle School - April 12 (1st Reader)
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Ashlee Harris - Paducah Middle - April 19 (2nd Reader)
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McKenzie Lynn - Paducah Middle - April 22 (1st Reader)
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Kimberly Freeman - South Marshall Middle - April 28 (2nd Reader)
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Cayce Chaykowsky - Ballard Elem. - Web Exclusive (1st Reader)
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Cover Illustration for The Last of the Mohicans (1919)
by N.C. Wyeth
Sam Paul, Ballard Elementary School - April 4 (1st Reader)
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Autumn Landscape - The River of Life (1923-1924)
by Louis Comfort Tiffany
Katie Turner, Reidland Elementary - April 5 (1st Reader)
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Sarah Hendricks, South Marshall Middle - April 5 (1st Reader)
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Louis Perez, Paducah Middle College - April 5 (2nd Reader)
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Michael-Ellen Walden - Paducah Middle - April 7 (2nd Reader)
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Jaycie Jackson - Reidland Elementary - April 8 (1st Reader)
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Kinlee Adams - South Marshall Middle - April 11 (1st Reader)
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Maddie Ybarzabal - Paducah Middle School - April 12 (2nd Reader)
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Hannah Ferrell - Reidland Elementary - April 12 (1st Reader)
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Katie Caruthers - Reidland Elementary - April 13 (1st Reader)
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Jesse Hedrick - Ballard Elementary - April 15 (2nd Reader)
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Claire Kelly - Paducah Middle - April 18 (2nd Reader)
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Jack Schmitt - Reidland Elementary - April 20 (2nd Reader)
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Keeley Butler - Reidland Elementary - April 21 (2nd Reader)
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Lanie Miller - Reidland Elementary - April 25 (2nd Reader)
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Julie Davis - South Marshall Middle - April 25 (2nd Reader)
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Tasha Vanderhoff - South Marshall Middle - April 26 (2nd Reader)
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Rianna Lambert - Reidland Elementary - April 26 (1st Reader)
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Grace Miller - Reidland Elementary - April 27 (2nd Reader)
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Cityscape 1 (1963)
by Richard Diebenkorn
Nikki Collins, Reidland Elementary - April 5 (2nd Reader)
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Blake Harrison - South Marshall Middle - April 11 (2nd Reader)
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Todja Mitchell - Paducah Middle College - April 11 (1st Reader)
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Colton Edwards - South Marshall Middle - April 13 (2nd Reader)
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Greg Wilson - Reidland Elementary - April 27 (1st Reader)
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Clint Price - South Marshall Middle - April 28 (1st Reader)
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Brooklyn Bridge (1929)
by Walker Evans
Leah Shelley, Ballard Elementary - April 6 (2nd Reader)
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Ladder for Booker T Washington (1996)
by Martin Puryear
Samuel Tyrrell - Paducah Middle - April 6 (1st Reader)
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Raina Cain - Paducah Middle - April 18 (1st Reader)
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The Veteran in a New Field (1865)
by Winslow Homer
Molly Thompson - Paducah Middle - April 7 (1st Reader)
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Trystyn Powell - Paducah Middle College - April 19 (1st Reader)
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Brieana Johnson - Paducah Middle College - April 19 (2nd Reader)
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Dana Hercula - Common. Middle College - April 27 (1st Reader)
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Callie Groves - Common. Middle College - April 27 (2nd Reader)
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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1931)
by Grant Wood
Christian White - Crittenden Elementary - April 7 (1st Reader)
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Makensie Simpkins - Crittenden Elementary - April 7 (2nd Reader)
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Nikka Adams - Crittenden Elementary - April 8 (1st Reader)
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Destiny Nolan - Crittenden Elementary - April 13 (1st Reader)
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Eric Elder - Crittenden Elementary - April 14 (1st Reader)
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Noah Sallin - Crittenden Elementary - April 14 (2nd Reader)
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Drake Matthews - Crittenden Elementary - April 14 (1st Reader)
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Zayne Menser - Crittenden Elementary - April 14 (2nd Reader)
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Logan Stewart - Crittenden Elementary - April 15 (2nd Reader)
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Aaron Lucas for Kane Hill - Crittenden Elem - April 21 (2nd Reader)
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Jacob Russelburg - Crittenden Elementary - April 22 (2nd Reader)
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George Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851)
by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Nate Haire - Crittenden Elementary - April 8 (2nd Reader)
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Kendra Franklin - Crittenden Elementary - April 13 (2nd Reader)
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Hannah Morrison - Crittenden Elementary - April 15 (1st Reader)
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Gracie Bradford - Crittenden Elementary - April 21 (1st Reader)
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Brooklyn Bridge (1919-1920)
by Joseph Stella
Austin Higgins - Ballard Elementary - April 18 (1st Reader)
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The Sources of Country Music (1975)
by Thomas Hart Benton
Trent Parks - Paducah Middle College - April 20 (2nd Reader)
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Jimmy McAfee - Common. Middle College - April 29 (1st Reader)
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American Flamingo (1838)
by John James Audubon
Devin Jenkins - Reidland Elementary - April 20 (1st Reader)
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Chloe Murt - Reidland Elementary - April 21 (1st Reader)
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Preston Peek - Reidland Elementary - April 22 (1st Reader)
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Ethan Binkley - Reidland Elementary - April 26 (2nd Reader)
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Gillian Davis - Reidland Elementary - Web Exclusive (2nd Reader)
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| "duh - Duh - DUH!" ...What is that song?!
In case you were wondering, the Poetry Minutes theme song is called "Are We Not Mensch?" by Georgia based band Daddy A Go Go from their 2004 album, Mojo a Go Go. Matt, who edits all of the poems for air, says he picked the song because it was stuck in his head for months after hearing it, making him only slightly crazy, the sure sign of a great song. 'Mensch' is also Yiddish for "a person of integrity and honor." Matt found this fitting, because anyone brave enough to read their creative work for the public is truly, very mensch.
 Click here to check out Daddy a Go Go's web site.
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Daddy A Go Go was founded by John
Boydston (the old guy). He tours the country with his sons, who play in the band. |
 About Constance Alexander
Constance Alexander is Faculty Scholar/Arts & Humanities at Murray State University’s Teacher Quality Institute. Kilroy Was Here, her newest book of poems, tells stories of one Kentucky family and the impact of World War II on each family member. Her essay collection, Who Needs June Cleaver? is a compilation of works adapted from here award winning newspaper column, Main Street. Her books are available at the Murray State University Bookstore or through Amazon.com. |
What is National Poetry Month?
National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. The Academy hopes to increase the visibility and availability of poetry in popular culture while acknowledging and celebrating poetry’s ability to sustain itself in the many places where it is practiced and appreciated. Learn more about National Poetry Month on the offical website.
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