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About katemccarrollmoore

Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops for children and adults. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of eight beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.

Oulipost #13: Destiny?

Posted on April 13, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

EPITHALAMIUM: Visit the engagement or wedding announcements section of your newspaper and select a couple. Today’s paper yielded none, but there was a lovely story of a nearly 60 year union of Rudy and Lily Tenes. I chose them. Their story … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #12: Life Design

Posted on April 12, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Write a sonnet sourced from lines found in newspaper articles. (I took liberties with the form – 12 lines for day 12, ababb, ababb, cc) Life Design Smoky-mirror, fleeting pretty, humbling sensation Spaces, ugly, ill-defined, build boring boundaries Glimpsing perhaps … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #11: YET

Posted on April 12, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Univocalism: A univocalic text is one written with a single vowel.  YET When we see where These extreme events be kept There’s few between them, Few been there yet Severe trends be key Whether wet be wetter, Here, ten degrees … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #10: Bombardier

Posted on April 10, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Snowball: This procedure requires the first word of a text to have only one letter, the second two, the third three, and so on as far as resourcefulness and inspiration allow. Bombardier   9 On One Wild Train   Public … Continue reading →

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Compose a poem whose body is sourced from article headlines in your newspaper. A ROCKY ROAD KIND OF DAY Lean in Eyes on the world Vulnerable In peril Guilty   Secret kiss Illegal coping Reveal a derailed merger Rising, soaring … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #8: Lone Daze

Posted on April 9, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Beautiful In-law (Beau Present) Select a name from one of your newspaper articles, famous or not. Compose a poem using only words that can be made from the letters in that person’s name. Lorenzo Alexander, philanthropic footballer, inspired me! Lone … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #7: Pearl Grisaille

Posted on April 8, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

N + 7: Select a passage from one of your newspaper articles. Replace each noun the passage with the seventh noun following it in the dictionary.After I substituted the nouns I moved the words around until I was satisfied – … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #6: BROKEN STORYLINES LITTER SPORTS PAGES

Posted on April 6, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

  Blank Verse Among the Prose: Compose a poem using unintentional lines of iambic pentameter found in your newspaper.   BROKEN STORYLINES LITTER SPORTS PAGES   You can’t simulate the actual game I was completely obsessed as a kid   … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #5: Posing Tautology

Posted on April 5, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Tautogram: Compose a poem whose words — or at least the principal ones — all begin with the same letter. The words must be sourced from your newspaper. Posing Private people pinpoint proof: pathways posing as public prospects plead for … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #4: Harmony, A Fibonacci Sequence for Two Voices

Posted on April 5, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

In a Fibonacci sequence, each term is the sum of the two terms immediately preceding it; typically with 1 as the first term: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5,8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and so on. Select an article from your … Continue reading →

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