{"product_id":"teaching-with-fire-isbn-9780787969707","title":"Teaching with Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReclaim Your Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious collection of the poetry that has restored the faith of teachers in the highest, most transcendent values of their work with children....Those who want us to believe that teaching is a technocratic and robotic skill devoid of art or joy or beauty need to read this powerful collection. So, for that matter, do we all.\"\u003cbr\u003e ?Jonathan Kozol, author of \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSavage Inequalities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"When reasoned argument fails, poetry helps us make sense of life. A few well-chosen images, the spinning together of words creates a way of seeing where we came from and lights up possibilities for where we might be going....Dip in, read, and ponder; share with others. It's inspiration in the very best sense.\"\u003cbr\u003e ?Deborah Meier, co-principal of The Mission Hill School, Boston and founder of a network of schools in East Harlem, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In the Confucian tradition it is said that the mark of a golden era is that children are the most important members of the society and teaching is the most revered profession. Our jour ney to that ideal may be a long one, but it is books like this that will sustain us - for who are we all at our best save teachers, and who matters more to us than the children?\"\u003cbr\u003e ?Peter M. Senge, founding chair, SoL (Society for Organizational Learning) and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThose of us who care about the young and their education must find ways to remember what teaching and learning are really about. We must find ways to keep our hearts alive as we serve our students. Poetry has the power to keep us vital and focused on what really matters in life and in schooling. \u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful collection of eighty-eight poems from such well-loved poets as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems is accompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining the significance of the poem in his or her life's work. This beautiful book also includes an essay that describes how poetry can be used to grow both personally and professionally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e was written in partnership with the Center for Teacher Formation and the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. Royalties from this book will be used to fund scholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGratitudes xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note to Our Readers by \u003ci\u003eSam M. Intrator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMegan Scribner\u003c\/i\u003e xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction by\u003ci\u003e Parker J. Palmer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTom Vander Ark\u003c\/i\u003e xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHearing the Call 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob O’Meally’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Make Music with Your Life” submitted by\u003ci\u003e John J. Sweeney \u003c\/i\u003e2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarge Piercy’s \u003c\/i\u003e“To be of use”submitted by \u003ci\u003eKatya Levitan-Reiner \u003c\/i\u003e4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePablo Neruda’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Poet’s Obligation” submitted by \u003ci\u003eWilliam Ayers\u003c\/i\u003e 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabriele D’Annunzio’s \u003c\/i\u003e“I pastori”submitted by \u003ci\u003eSusan Etheredge\u003c\/i\u003e 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Dickinson’s\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e“The Chariot”\u003c\/i\u003e submitted by \u003ci\u003eJudy R. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred, Lord Tennyson’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Crossing the Bar”submitted \u003ci\u003eby Marj Vandenack\u003c\/i\u003e 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Stafford’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The Way It Is”submitted by \u003ci\u003eLisa Drumheller Sudar\u003c\/i\u003e 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman’s \u003c\/i\u003ePreface to “Leaves of Grass” [Excerpt] submitted \u003ci\u003eby Lori Douglas\u003c\/i\u003e 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangston Hughes’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Dream Deferred”submitted by \u003ci\u003eHeather Kirkpatrick\u003c\/i\u003e 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarian Wright Edelman’s \u003c\/i\u003e“I Care and I’m Willing to Serve”submitted by \u003ci\u003eLinda Lantieri\u003c\/i\u003e 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCherishing the Work 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly Collins’s \u003c\/i\u003e“First Reader”submitted by \u003ci\u003eSandra Dean\u003c\/i\u003e 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Snyder’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Axe Handles”submitted by \u003ci\u003eCurtis Borg\u003c\/i\u003e 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Whyte’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Working Together”submitted by \u003ci\u003eJani Barker\u003c\/i\u003e 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcie Hans’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Fueled”submitted by \u003ci\u003eBetsy Motten\u003c\/i\u003e 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The Red Wheelbarrow” submitted by\u003ci\u003e Sarah Fay\u003c\/i\u003e 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Venn’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Poem Against the First Grade”submitted by \u003ci\u003eTheresa Gill\u003c\/i\u003e 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Moss’s \u003c\/i\u003e“On the Other Side of the Door”submitted by \u003ci\u003eLamson T. Lam\u003c\/i\u003e 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLydia Cortés’s\u003c\/i\u003e “I Remember” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSonia Nieto\u003c\/i\u003e 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Frost’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Nothing Gold Can Stay” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTroyvoi Hicks\u003c\/i\u003e 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Blankenburg’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Mouse” submitted by \u003ci\u003eEllen Shull\u003c\/i\u003e 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewis Buzbee’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock” submitted by \u003ci\u003eDan Mindich\u003c\/i\u003e 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Edge 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Milton’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Paradise Lost, Book VIII” submitted by \u003ci\u003eJohn I. Goodlad\u003c\/i\u003e 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Sondheim’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Children Will Listen”submitted by \u003ci\u003eDon Shalvey\u003c\/i\u003e 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl Zolynas’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Love in the Classroom”submitted by \u003ci\u003eRon Petrich\u003c\/i\u003e 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly Collins’s \u003c\/i\u003e“On Turning Ten”submitted by \u003ci\u003eChip Wood\u003c\/i\u003e 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLi-Young Lee’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The Gift”submitted by \u003ci\u003eKelly Gallagher\u003c\/i\u003e 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Oliver’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The Journey”submitted by \u003ci\u003eMarian Mesrobian MacCurdy\u003c\/i\u003e 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYehuda Amichai’s \u003c\/i\u003e“God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children”submitted by\u003ci\u003e Shifra Schonmann\u003c\/i\u003e 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJellaludin Rumi’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The Lame Goat”submitted by \u003ci\u003eMichael Poutiatine\u003c\/i\u003e 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda McCarriston’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Hotel Nights with My Mother”submitted by \u003ci\u003eWanda S. Praisner\u003c\/i\u003e 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucile Burt’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Melissa Quits School”submitted by \u003ci\u003eLeslie Rennie-Hill\u003c\/i\u003e 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolding On 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenise Levertov’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Witness” submitted by \u003ci\u003eRobert Kunzman\u003c\/i\u003e 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOctavio Paz’s\u003c\/i\u003e “After” submitted by \u003ci\u003eCatherine Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Oliver’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Wild Geese”submitted by \u003ci\u003eElizabeth V. V. Bedell\u003c\/i\u003e 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Butler Yeats’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Everything That Man Esteems”submitted by \u003ci\u003eBetsy Wice\u003c\/i\u003e 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay Sarton’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Now I Become Myself”submitted by \u003ci\u003eAmy Eva-Wood\u003c\/i\u003e 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnie Dillard’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Teaching a Stone to Talk” [Excerpt]submitted by \u003ci\u003eLibby Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Whyte’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Sweet Darkness” submitted by \u003ci\u003eJeanine O’Connell\u003c\/i\u003e 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRubin Alves’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Tomorrow’s Child” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSarah Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Hall’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Names of Horses” submitted by \u003ci\u003eLaurel Leahy\u003c\/i\u003e 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudy Brown’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Fire” submitted by \u003ci\u003eMaggie Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Walker’s\u003c\/i\u003e “For My People” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTracy Swinton Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Moment 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Carlson’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Imperfection” submitted by \u003ci\u003eGlynis Wilson Boultbee\u003c\/i\u003e 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Wagoner’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Lost” submitted by \u003ci\u003eFred Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendell Berry’s \u003c\/i\u003e“A Purification” submitted by \u003ci\u003eRick Jackson \u003c\/i\u003e98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarge Piercy’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The seven of pentacles” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSally Z. Hare\u003c\/i\u003e 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePablo Neruda’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Keeping Quiet” submitted by \u003ci\u003eCatherine Gerber\u003c\/i\u003e 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Snyder’s\u003c\/i\u003e “What Have I Learned” submitted by\u003ci\u003e Perie Longo\u003c\/i\u003e 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWislawa Szymborska’s\u003c\/i\u003e “There But for the Grace” submitted by \u003ci\u003eLesley Woodward\u003c\/i\u003e 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Walcott’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Love After Love” submitted by \u003ci\u003eDavid Hagstrom\u003c\/i\u003e 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Stafford’s\u003c\/i\u003e “You Reading This, Be Ready” submitted by \u003ci\u003eLucile Burt\u003c\/i\u003e 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdgar A. Guest’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Don’t Quit” submitted by \u003ci\u003eReg Weaver\u003c\/i\u003e 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking Contact 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Olson’s\u003c\/i\u003e “These Days” submitted by \u003ci\u003eJohn Fox\u003c\/i\u003e 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Kate Rushin’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Bridge Poem” submitted by \u003ci\u003eDebbie S. Dewitt\u003c\/i\u003e 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeamus Heaney’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Cure at Troy” [Excerpt] submitted by \u003ci\u003eJim Burke\u003c\/i\u003e 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirginia Satir’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Making Contact” submitted by \u003ci\u003eDennis Littky \u003c\/i\u003e122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Moffitt’s \u003c\/i\u003e“To Look at Any Thing” submitted by \u003ci\u003eAngela Peery \u003c\/i\u003e124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJellaludin Rumi’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Two Kinds of Intelligence” submitted by \u003ci\u003eMarianne Houston \u003c\/i\u003e126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrienne Rich’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Dialogue” submitted by \u003ci\u003eAdam D. Bunting \u003c\/i\u003e128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalway Kinnell’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Saint Francis and the Sow” submitted by\u003ci\u003e Libby Falk Jones \u003c\/i\u003e130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaxine Kumin’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Junior Life Saving” submitted by \u003ci\u003eThomasina LaGuardia\u003c\/i\u003e 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Soto’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Saturday at the Canal” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSteve Elia\u003c\/i\u003e 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrienne Rich’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Diving into the Wreck” submitted by \u003ci\u003ePenny Gill\u003c\/i\u003e 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fire of Teaching 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWislawa Szymborska’s\u003c\/i\u003e “A Contribution to Statistics” submitted by \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Meador\u003c\/i\u003e 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eE.E. Cummings’s\u003c\/i\u003e “You Shall Above All Things” submitted by \u003ci\u003eMark Nepo\u003c\/i\u003e 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Oliver’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Summer Day” submitted by\u003ci\u003e Caren Bassett Dybek\u003c\/i\u003e 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRanier Maria Rilke’\u003c\/i\u003es “Archaic Torso of Apollo” submitted by \u003ci\u003eRob Reich\u003c\/i\u003e 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Graves’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Warning to Children” submitted by \u003ci\u003eAli Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallace Stevens’s\u003c\/i\u003e “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSamuel Scheer\u003c\/i\u003e 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangston Hughes’s\u003c\/i\u003e “My People” submitted by \u003ci\u003eMary Cowhey\u003c\/i\u003e 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003enikki giovanni’s\u003c\/i\u003e “the drum” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSam Grabelle\u003c\/i\u003e 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003enila northSun’s\u003c\/i\u003e “moving camp too far” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTom Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCzeslaw Milosz’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Gift” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSuzanne Strauss\u003c\/i\u003e 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eT. S. Eliot’s\u003c\/i\u003e “East Coker” submitted by \u003ci\u003eStephen Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Shoulders” submitted by \u003ci\u003eMarcy Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBettye T. Spinner’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Harvest Home” submitted by \u003ci\u003eLinda Powell Pruitt\u003c\/i\u003e 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaring to Lead 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabindranath Tagore’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Where the Mind Is Without Fear” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTony Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Kingsolver’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Beating Time” submitted by \u003ci\u003eSusan Klonsky\u003c\/i\u003e 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Passage from a Letter to William Charles Jarvis” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTheodore R. Sizer\u003c\/i\u003e 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Herrick’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Delight in Disorder” submitted by \u003ci\u003eEdward Alan Katz\u003c\/i\u003e 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRainer Maria Rilke’s\u003c\/i\u003e “I Believe in All That Has Never Yet Been Spoken” submitted by \u003ci\u003eTom Vander\u003c\/i\u003e Ark 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangston Hughes’s\u003c\/i\u003e “Mother to Son” submitted \u003ci\u003eby Joe Nathan\u003c\/i\u003e 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003enikki giovanni’s\u003c\/i\u003e “ego-tripping” submitted by \u003ci\u003eJanice E. Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne Sexton’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Courage” submitted by \u003ci\u003eWendy Kohler \u003c\/i\u003e182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Stafford’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Silver Star” submitted by \u003ci\u003eJay Casbon \u003c\/i\u003e184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman’s \u003c\/i\u003e“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” [Excerpt] submitted by \u003ci\u003eSandra Feldman \u003c\/i\u003e186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVaclav Havel’s \u003c\/i\u003e“It Is I Who Must Begin” submitted by \u003ci\u003eDiana Chapman Walsh \u003c\/i\u003e188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarge Piercy’s \u003c\/i\u003e“The low road” submitted by Parker J\u003ci\u003e. Palmer \u003c\/i\u003e190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTending the Fire: The Utility of Poetry in a Teacher’s Life by \u003ci\u003eSam M. Intrator\u003c\/i\u003e 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Courage to Teach Program 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contributors 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Editors 225\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE EDITORS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam M. Intrator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is assistant professor of education and child study at Smith College. He is a former high school teacher and administrator and the son of two public school teachers. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eStories of the Courage to Teach\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eTuned In and Fired Up: How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Scribner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a freelance writer, editor, and program evaluator who has conducted research on what sustains and empowers the lives of teachers. She is the mother of two children and PTA president of their elementary school in Takoma Park, Maryland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoyalties from this book will be used to fund scholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn.\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose of us who care about the young and their education must find ways to remember what teaching and learning are really about. We must find ways to keep our hearts alive as we serve our students. Poetry has the power to keep us vital and focused on what really matters in life and in schooling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful collection of eighty-eight poems from well-loved poets such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems is accompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining the significance of the poem in his or her life’s work. This beautiful book also includes an essay that describes how poetry can be used to grow both personally and professionally.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e was written in partnership with the Center for Courage \u0026amp; Renewal and the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.   \u003ci\u003e\"Teaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious collection of the poetry that has restored the faith of teachers in the highest, most transcendent values of their work with children . . . Those who want us to believe that teaching is a technocratic and robotic skill devoid of art or joy or beauty need to read this powerful collection. So, for that matter, do we all.\" \u003cbr\u003e — Johnathan Kozol, author of \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSavage Inequalities\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When reasoned argument fails, poetry helps us make sense of life. A few well-chosen images, the spinning together of words creates a way of seeing where we came from and lights up possibilities for where we might be going . . . . Dip in, read, and ponder; share with others. It's inspiration in the very best sense.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Deborah Meier, co-principal of The Mission Hill School, Boston and founder of a network of schools in East Harlem, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is said in the Confucian tradition that the mark of any golden era is that children are the most important members of a society and teaching the most revered profession. Today, fear, anxiety, overwork, and under-appreciation characterize a great many professions, but few more so than teaching. Realism tells us that the journey to regain our sanity regarding children and teaching will be a long one. Passion tells us that the path to the future is the one we tread here, now. The editors of \u003ci\u003eTeaching with Fire\u003c\/i\u003e say it is to sustain teachers. 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