Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” reads like a virtuoso exercise in controlled obsession. In a compact, theatrical narrative of no more than a few hundred lines, Poe engineers an atmosphere so resonant that the poem’s central motifs—loss, memory, and the unanswering voice of doom—saturate the reader long after the final refrain. It is less a … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Revisionist Poetry – The Lay of Copernicus Wiffledown (comedic), v.4
Copernicus Wiffledown was much admired—a well-to-do gentleman with a bulging pouchlike a squirrel’s briefcase, stuffed with oddments:a clock that ran backwards for sentimental people,a rubber chicken for emergencies, a mitten with a pocket,and tins of biscuits stamped “For Immediate Surprise.” They called him the Christmas-Day Scrooge—not for stinginess but for his solemn inventory:he kept a … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – The Lay of Copernicus Wiffledown (comedic), v.4
Revisionist Pedagogy – Empowering Educators: Revolutionizing Teacher Training with Critical Theory
Critical theory equips teacher education with a principled, practice-oriented framework for preparing educators who can recognize and disrupt inequitable power structures in schools and society. When paired with culturally relevant pedagogy and sustained, practice-based professional learning, critical theory does more than motivate ethical teaching: it produces measurable shifts in instructional practice, curriculum design, and teacher … Continue reading Revisionist Pedagogy – Empowering Educators: Revolutionizing Teacher Training with Critical Theory
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart is a study in compression: a few pages of prose that map, with surgical precision, the anatomy of guilt. Unlike long Gothic romances that luxuriate in setting and backstory, Poe offers a single, claustrophobic motion — the narrator’s descent from confident rationalization into seizure-like confession — and trusts that … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Revisionist Poetry – The Lay of Copernicus Wiffledown (finished), v.3
Copernicus Wiffledown was much admired—a well-to-do gentleman who kept a pouchof wrapped surprises beneath his coat:a mitten for a red-nosed passerby,a loaf slipped through a shuttered window,a bright tin soldier for a child who’d lost one. They called him the Christmas-Day Scrooge—not because he grudged, but because he counted:each gift catalogued, each ribbon given a … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – The Lay of Copernicus Wiffledown (finished), v.3
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is often taught as the archetype of the short, perfectly executed revenge tale; read closely, it is also a miniature philosophical probe into pride, performative identity, and the moral elasticity permitted by first-person confession. In under 3,000 words Poe stages a slow, elegant murder that doubles as a … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Revisionist Poetry – The Lay of Copernicus Wiffledown, unfinished, v.2
Copernicus Wiffledown was much admired— a well-to-do gentleman who kept a pouch of wrapped surprises beneath his coat: a mitten when the north wind came, a loaf for someone’s sudden hunger. They called him Scrooge on Christmas Day— not for keeping, but because he counted gifts and hoarded them until the town could breathe.
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Republic by Plato
Plato’s The Republic remains one of those rare books that functions simultaneously as a founding text of political thought, a work of moral psychology, and a sustained exercise in dramatic philosophy. Written as a dialogue with Socrates at its center, it pursues a single, seemingly straightforward question — “What is justice?” — and from that … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Republic by Plato
Revisionist Poetry – As I read this, v.5 – (intimate mood)
I’m down — I keep them close:my favorite pessimists, bedside friends,Kurt’s sharp laugh, Rod’s exposed heart.I study their habits to learn how not to break. love of others,love of self:I admit I confuse the two,give away my warmth and keep the ache,each misdirected like a misaddressed letter. I’m up sometimes,not by bravado but by accident,lifted … Continue reading Revisionist Poetry – As I read this, v.5 – (intimate mood)
The New Renaissance Mindset 