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TO START THE NEW YEAR, WRITE EVERY MORNING. Start with an aubade.

aubade
(oh – bahd’)
from the French for dawn

a lyric poem about the dawn, set at dawn, or a morning serenade. The theme of an aubade is traditionally about the parting of lovers, a standard example is the lark scene in Act 3 sc 5 of Romeo and Juliet. Many scholars consider the alba to be an early form of an aubade.

"I make myself write. I write every day, and I get up and write into the light."—Peter Cooley

example: Peter Cooley’s “Your Own Hours”

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This section includes a a different poem for each day of the school year complete with cross curricular lesson plans. Simply click on a highlighted date below.


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 Louisiana Poets . . .
Rainbolt, Beverly
Ramke, Bin
Reed, Marthe
Reeser, Jennifer
Reischling, Rachel
Rhoades, Lisa
Richard, Brad
Richard, Zachary
Robinson, Keesha Brown
Robison, Rhonda
Rogers, Denise
Rowe, David
Salaam, Kalamu ya
Saloy, Mona Lisa
Schullo, Holly
Sens, Jean-Mark
Serpas, Martha
Shipman, Christopher
Simmonds, Kevin
Simpson, Lewis P.
Smith, Dave
Smith, Genaro
Soniat, Katherine
St. Germain, Sheryl
Stall, Lindon
Stanford, Donald
Tillinghast, David
Tusa, Chris
Villarrubia, Jan
Ward Jr., Jerry W.
Ward, Patricia
White, Gail
Wier, Dara
Wiggins, Lana
Yakich, Mark
Young, Andy
Young, Kevin
Young, Reggie Scott
Zu Bolton, Ahmos
This is only a partial listing of our Louisiana poets.