Category Archives: VAMPY

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Happy New Years and Such, Facebook Addict Style

Posted on January 1, 2010 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma lazily allows The Facebooks to do her end-of-and-beginning-of-year-summations for her. Continue reading »

2009 Is the Year of LOL / A festival of photos / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academic inquiries / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Alice B. Toklas (human version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / Cats in Bags / edumacation / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / EPIC WIN / evaluations / Georgetown College / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Home / Language systems / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / Mustachio'd Kitties / outreach / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Poetry Rock Stars / Power to the People / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / SCHMOE! / shameless cat photos / teaching / The Center for Gifted Studies / the three jobs / This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons / training / VAMPY / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / where are you going where have you been / WKU / wonders and apparitions / writing life / You gotta have friends

“The Soul selects her own Society —”: A Much-Delayed VAMPY Wrap Up

Posted on August 2, 2009 by emmabolden • 5 Comments

In which Emma offers a VAMPY wrap-up and an explanation of the paint all over her arms and clothes. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / Dolly Parton / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Fine art versus pop art / Georgetown College / inspiration / literary practical jokes / pedagogy / Poetry Exercises / Probably quite a bit TMI / SCHMOE! / VAMPY / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / WKU / writing life

That Was The Week That Was (Facebook Style!)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by emmabolden • 4 Comments

In which Emma offers a poem crafted from Facebook status updates. Continue reading »

A festival of linkage / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / announcements / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / VAMPY / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / WKU

Tradition! Tradition! Tra-di-tion!

Posted on July 17, 2009 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma discusses her last day at VAMPY. Continue reading »

A festival of linkage / A festival of photos / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / announcements / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / Emma is very lucky / EPIC WIN / Frank O'Hara / hopes and dreams / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / mullings and ramblings / Online literary magazines / Pass it on! / SCHMOE! / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / teaching / The Center for Gifted Studies / VAMPY / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / Very Excellent News / where are you going where have you been / Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words) / WKU / wonders and apparitions

“Go back to sleep now / Frank, and I may leave a tiny poem / in that brain of yours as my farewell.”

Posted on July 15, 2009 by emmabolden • 3 Comments

In which Emma discusses how sad she is to leave VAMPY, and remembers her misbegotten Youth. Continue reading »

appearances / poem challenge / the poem factory / wonders and apparitions / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / A festival of linkage / shameless self-promotion / The Thoughts of a Poetry Fan Girl / Very Excellent News / announcements / COLLECT! / A festival of photos / where are you going where have you been / A teacher's education / Pass it on! / accidental confessions / Poetry Rock Stars / Notes to Gentle Reader / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Poetry Exercises / EPIC FAIL / EPIC WIN / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / SCHMOE! / VAMPY / WKU / The Center for Gifted Studies / Project Verse / Dolly Parton

Magic: The Gathering (A Brief Update)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma offers multiple links and our benevolent Country Goddess, Dolly. Continue reading »

eyebrows / wonders and apparitions / teaching / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / Squee! / Brief Updating / shameless cat photos / Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith / A festival of photos / where are you going where have you been / no words / edumacation / A teacher's education / Fine art versus pop art / Emma is very lucky / Stick Figure Pedagogy / Stick figures ARE art / The Secret Life of Objects / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / EPIC WIN / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / SCHMOE! / VAMPY / The Center for Gifted Studies

“That Was The Week That Was” (In Other Words: Photo Post!)

Posted on July 12, 2009 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma offers a number of photographs from her week in Bowling Green. Continue reading »

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“As the very least / Were infinite—to me—”

Posted on July 9, 2009 by emmabolden • 3 Comments

In which Emma discusses a Great Many Things. Continue reading »

wonders and apparitions / teaching / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / inspiration / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Squee! / Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith / A festival of photos / pedagogy / A teacher's education / Emma is very lucky / The Secret Life of Objects / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / EPIC WIN / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / SCHMOE! / VAMPY / WKU / The Center for Gifted Studies

The Horror. The Horror.

Posted on July 5, 2009 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma explains why you haven’t heard from her and also offers photographs from her adventures in Bowling Green. Continue reading »

A festival of linkage / A teacher's education / announcements / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / Brief Updating / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC WIN / Even goddesses get insulted / Mission to Make Emma Cool / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Poetry as therapy / Ruby-eyed panther canes / SCHMOE! / Stick Figure Pedagogy / Stick figures ARE art / teaching / The Drama Llama / The latest medical anomaly / VAMPY / Verbally and Methematically Precocious Youth / Violent and graphic Greek tragedies / Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words) / wonders and apparitions

The Greek Pantheon, Stick Figures, Britney Spears’ Poetry, and Schmoe

Posted on June 30, 2009 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma discusses her first day of VAMPY. Continue reading »