Sullivan seventh grade Poetry Caf

BONSALL – On June 10, a class of seventh graders at Sullivan Middle School, led by teacher Megan Foxley, held an ‘open mic’ poetry night in their classroom which had been artfully converted into a café.

Poetry Open Mic Night was designed by Foxley to “make the writing and academic work at Sullivan more ‘real world’.” The students were issued a letter from ‘Finding our Voices,’ a fictional non-profit organization, which provided a ‘grant’ allowing students to open a poetry café in Bonsall for the purpose of showcasing original poetic works and advancing the cause of literature and creativ...