National Day on Writing by Leah Werther

National Day on Writing by Leah Werther https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn Capital District Writing Project en-us 2017-10-11 12:33:06 UTC 2017-10-22 23:30:12 UTC hello@padlet.com I write to remember where I'm from lwerther1_1 https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/195983157 I am from mangoes

from papaya, guava, and starfruit

I am from the insatiable need for ube flavored ice candy

and Coca-Cola, never Pepsi

]]> 2017-10-11 12:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/195983157 i write to wake up to what is mazurac https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196507483 most autumn mornings a low, thick fog hangs across the Helderbergs

when I remember to stop and look
i recollect that behind the clouds

are banks of crimson maple leaves
gracing a limestone escarpment
cast against, there somewhere,
expanse of sky & the brilliance of

the unceasing sun

there, somewhere, behind & with
these clouds of morning mind i
recollect, always already are
the leaves, stone, sky, and sun of

open heart

]]> 2017-10-12 16:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196507483 https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196941424 I write to make sense of my world: where I have been, where I am, where I will go.

]]> 2017-10-13 18:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196941424 I write, as cliche as it may sound, because I often don't know what I think until I write it. https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196967156 I write to make sense of a lifetime of loss and resilience.
I write to see the beauty and symmetry and good all around me.
I write because I cannot not write.

]]> 2017-10-13 20:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196967156 I write to take the risks I ask of my students. To be confident that they can succeed in digging deep. https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196988392 2017-10-14 00:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/196988392 I write because I absolutely love language. https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/197284162 2017-10-16 11:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/197284162 https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/198991611 I write to make sense of my life.]]> 2017-10-20 10:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/198991611 I write because I have to. It doesn’t really matter what it is. I write for work or for my emotional well being or because I simply have to. I always have. Ever since I was a little child with “Rainbows, Bears and Bunnies”, I write. Even when I’m not actually writing, I write. I write stories in my head. What are your thoughts if not the story of you? The story of your life? I write stories in my head. Always have. Always will. https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/199270895 2017-10-21 14:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/199270895 I write to function https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/199277544 I write lists to remember and cross out to feel accomplished.
I write to figure out what I'm really thinking on a topic. Often this takes me off a cliff or on a tangent, but I gladly follow it.
I write lessons to teach writing yet don't practice it quite as often.
I write into the day with my students.
I write to communicate.
I don't write enough.]]> 2017-10-21 15:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lwerther1_1/qjwcity2gmgn/wish/199277544