“because I had fallen in love with words.”

The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, when asked what compelled him to read and write poetry, said "because I had fallen in love with words." I too have had that same love affair with words throughout my life as a teacher, a poet, and as a reader. It is my hope that this blog be a continuing conversation about poetry and writing.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

St. Mary’s High School Class of 1971 40th Class Reunion

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Address to the Class of 1971: Over the last forty years, when I have looked back to my first three years of teaching at Saint Mary’s High S...
Friday, June 3, 2011

A Writing Group Is Announced

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A Writing Group Is Announced Sorry for the cheesy rip-off of the Agatha Christie title, but I couldn’t help myself. In January of this year,...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

My Memories of St. Mary's Revisited

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My Memories of St. Mary's Revisited Christopher Bogart I originally posted this entry on Sunday, June 6, 2010 as I was preparing to reti...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Do I See A Rainbow?

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Do I See A Rainbow? Christopher Bogart Do I see a rainbow in puddles of melted snow? Does the mirrored water show a season yet to come while...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Picnic

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Picnic Christopher Bogart At the end of a hospital visit with my aunt, I walked down the long blue corridor toward the elevators and slowly...
Friday, January 21, 2011

The Madonnas of the Plastic Bags

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The Madonnas of the Plastic Bags Christopher Bogart their barreled bodies poured into stretch slacks of pink and black, their backs hunched ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

A Writing Group Is Born

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At least, I hope it is. We are starting a poetry writing group in the Monmouth County, New Jersey area. The purpose of this group would be t...
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Christopher Bogart
Eatontown, New Jersey, United States
Christopher Bogart is a retired high school English teacher. He is a recipient of the New Jersey State Department of Education “Best Practice” Award, and a Hall of Fame Member of the “A+ For Kids” Teachers’ Network. He is listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004, 2005, and 2006) and was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction (2006, 2007). As a working poet, he is a member of Jersey Shore Poets, a new writing group. He is a member of the New Jersey Poetry Society. As a published poet, his work has appeared in collections of poems, entitled Voices Rising from the Grove, Spindrift, as well as various online sites. On August 1, 2005, in response to an invitation from the international think tank, The Oxford Round Table, he presented the "keynote" paper for the Round Table's five day session on the educational initiative "Reading First" at The Oxford Union Society Debate Hall at Oxford University in Oxford, England. This blog is listed on the blog, "New Jersey Poets and Poetry" (http://njpoetspoetry.blogspot.com/)
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