Vicky Edmonds is a poet and teacher who uses the written and spoken word as a means of looking further into the mysteries that are still unsolved in our lives. She has worked in hundreds of facilities with children, adolescents and adults, with at-risk populations, special needs groups, teachers, counselors and parenting groups. She has presented at conferences for the National Association for Poetry Therapy and the National and International Expressive Arts Therapy Associations, has been published in numerous books and anthologies nationally and has compiled over 250 chapbooks of the poetry of children she has taught. Vicky Edmonds lives and works primarily in the Seattle area and has been teaching poetry as a tool for social emotional learning for the last 27 years.
vickyedmonds@icloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/evickye
4742 42nd Ave SW #307, WA 98116
206.937.0700
● Deep Inside ~ simile poems ~ self-discovery, self-reflection & self-esteem
● Feelings ~ simile & imagery poems ~ listening to our feelings and learning how to soothe ourselves
● Appreciation ~ extended metaphor ~ honoring our relationships with those closest to us
● Hurt Feelings ~ learning to use our words to work through difficulties with others
● Earnest Apologies ~ creating empathy & integrity while taking sincere responsibility for our mistakes
● Truth & Lies ~ noticing how we feel inside when we use our words for either sincerity or to hide
● We Are Different ~ looking at our differences and similarities in new ways for inclusion and acceptance
● Family ~ extended simile poems ~ appreciating each one’s contribution to us and to our family as a whole
● Nature ~ personification poems ~ evoking gratitude for n nature that gives itself to us so selflessly
● Invisible Beauties ~ understanding the intangible yet most beautiful human qualities hidden inside
● Poetry On Poetry ~ assessing students’ feelings about poetry through their own process
1.1 Understands arts concepts and vocabulary
1.2 Develops arts skills and techniques
2.1 Applies a creative process in the arts
3.1 Uses the arts to express feelings and present ideas
3.2 Uses the arts to communicate for a specific purpose
CCSS: Anchor Standards #3, 4 & 10
21st Century Skills Focus: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Reflection, Perseverance, Risk Taking, Imagination, Inspiration, Communication, Emotional Literacy, Environmental Awareness, Humanitarianism, Empathy, Collaboration & Public Speaking (becoming performing artists and kind audiences during daily and end of residency poetry readings) and a profound sense of connection with ourselves and others as a result of having a means to honor our deepest truths *
Vicky Edmonds
206.937.0700
vickyedmonds@icloud.com