Maurynne "Em" Maxwell

From Writing The Sacred (TM) students:

Thank you for the class and for the learning. I got a headful of new thoughts.--Andrea

This will really help my spiritual practice and my pastoral care.-- Rev. Chris

You have mighty gifts of the heart for those who are ready to awaken to the flowering of their spirits.-- Amada

I wish the class were longer! --Jake

Comments from U of A Education 480, Children's Literature:

--I really enjoyed the guest speaker Maurynne Maxwell--I thought it would be boring! That all changed when she made us stand up and close our eyes and form a base of a poem in our head by giving us different scenarios or other helpful hints. This was very exciting for me because I never thought of poetry this way, I always just tried to make things rhyme not make them personal or imaginative. I also loved the "Grumpy Chant/Poem," I do it all the time at work when a castmember is down or being grumpy. 

--Thank you so much! I learned some very creative ideas and can't wait to use them in my classroom!

-- I must say she had a very cool hat! She had a soft voice, her presence was inviting, and she had a positive glow about her.

The kids:

-- We love you Miss M!

--I never did good before!

--Please come back!

--Thank you so much for all the creative words you have shared with us! We have all learned so much about how we can use words to express ourselves. We wrote you a little poem:

M agnificent

A mazing

U nderstanding

Really cool

Y ou're fantastic

N eat

N ice

E xcellent poet!

Thanks again, The Happy Hamsters