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We Want Math, and Band Too!

Post Published November 23, 2022 by Emma Hoff

In June of this year, I learned that New York City's Mayor Adams was planning to cut public school funding, which, considering our already underfunded school system, was an extremely bad decision.
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Poetry Soup Ep. 3 – “No End of Fun” by Wisława Szymborska

Post Published November 10, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Each episode, I’ll discuss a different poem and poet. In this episode, I’ll be talking about the human race ...
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Poetry Soup Ep. 2 – “The Keeper of Sheep” by Fernando Pessoa

Post Published October 27, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Each episode, I’ll discuss a different poem and poet. Today, I’ll be talking about two different poets – o...
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Poetry Soup Ep. 1: “The Painter” by John Ashbery

Post Published October 13, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Mission Statement A lot of people don't realize how great poetry can be, and there are very few places where young people can be introduced to great poets.
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Remember the Flowers, Reviewed by Emma, 10

Post Published September 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Memories take Enni Harlan back in her first poetry collection, Remember the Flowers, and we are on the journey with her. Over the course of forty-two concise and vividly descriptive poems, the reader ...
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Becoming Pablo Neruda: The Dreamer, Reviewed by Emma, 10

Post Published June 30, 2022 by Emma Hoff

The Dreamer, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan and illustrated by Peter Sís, is a unique story based on Pablo Neruda’s childhood. Pablo Neruda was a poet and a communist best known for his collection of l...
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On an Equestrian Farm [1]

Poem Age 9 Published June 10, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Here I am. Granting you the vision of the wooden chair that we brought from the first living room because we didn’t have enough chairs for the dining room.
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On an Equestrian Farm [2]

Poem Age 9 Published June 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

There was a day on the farm that was not like the others. Because the orange cat (we named her Claire) had finally come up to us, and she was ready to flirt with us.
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Two Paintings

Poem Age 9 Published June 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

1. Girls under Trees (after August Macke) Faces of the faceless. What does she see now? Blank and yet perfect. Where does she go now? Is there somewhere she can go? Faces of the faceless.
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On a Painting by Henri Rousseau

Poem Age 9 Published June 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

In the savanna a tiger prowls, but once tamed it can’t ever regain its power. It will sit behind the man, whose eyes will be glued to his paper, his blank paper with no writing, because his han...
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In the Room of Pharoahs, We Meet (Conner)

Post Age 10 Published May 30, 2022 by Emma Hoff

In the Room of Pharaohs, We Meet There were many different countries in the world, and she, he, you, and I knew that, but we would investigate and learn about the world, the universe, the planet, and ...
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Things Are Like Onions (Conner)

Post Age 10 Published May 21, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Things Are Like Onions You see dreams as you pad down the hallway. You see the things in your head. You see monsters bragging they can best Death and monsters lounging around doing nothing.
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The Rose on the Dining Room Table (Conner)

Post Age 10 Published May 14, 2022 by Emma Hoff

The Rose on the Dining Room Table The rose was a child’s wrongly stained hand, the eager postman ate his donut while sitting in the mailbox, the lemon tasted sour, smelled sweet, looked salty, felt ...
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Four Books and the Meaning of Normal: A Review of Out of My Heart, Wonder, The Thing About Georgie, and Freak the Mighty

Post Published May 11, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Four novels, Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff, and Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, all include and think about characters who ar...
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Core Collapse Supernova (Conner)

Post Age 10 Published May 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Core Collapse Supernova Stars between about eight and 25 solar masses die in acore collapse supernova, a Major League baseball barrier has been broken, South Africa hit by rains, floods, news project ...
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Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus, Reviewed by Emma, 9

Post Published March 14, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling is a great book in so many ways. This book caught my eye when I was browsing the shelves of Barnes And Noble.
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A Tribute to Bobby Hutton

Post Published February 25, 2022 by Emma Hoff

A Tribute to Bobby Hutton Emma, 9 I didn’t know much about Bobby Hutton until recently, when I read about the Black Panthers. It’s important to know the parts of history that are hidden from us.
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All Rise For The Honorable Perry T. Cook, Reviewed by Emma, 9

Post Published February 8, 2022 by Emma Hoff

All Rise For The Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor is an amazing book that deserves much praise. The main character, Perry T. Cook, is a perfectly regular kid… except for the fact that he was...
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Conservatives Want to Ban All My Favorite Books, by Emma, 9

Post Published January 27, 2022 by Emma Hoff

Something I know from personal experience is that Melissa, by Alex Gino, is an amazing book that has been praised widely for its inclusion of the LGBTQ community.
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The Price of Free Will (Conner)

Post Age 9 Published September 19, 2021 by Emma Hoff

The Price of Free Will People are foolish. While fighting, those great grey things climbed onto our heads and begged for air. Eyed from above, clouds were meaningless, wings that had sprouted from spi...
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