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hy-coo.com is the haiku website of Booker T. Washington Magnet High School's Creative Writing magnet. To see more about us and what we do, you can:
link to the most recent issue of Graphophobia
learn about our new poetry for people poster series
learn about our Civil Rights history book, Taking the Time
learn about our Jubilee Community Center teaching project
visit our school's website
What's'at . . . a hy-coo?
A haiku is a Japanese poem of 5, 7, & 5 syllables in 3 lines.
Modern American haiku are . . . whatever, but still in 3 lines.
April 22, 2006: BTW Creative Writing displayed at the Alabama Center for the Book's literary festival at Montgomery's Old Alabama Town.
April 19, 2006: BTW Creative Writing students went to Montgomery's Cafe M to meet fiction writer Kirk Curnutt.
April 11, 2006: BTW Creative Writing's Spring Poetry Reading in the Cellar. Seating began at 6:30. The show began at 7:00.
April 8, 2006: BTW Creative Writing displayed at Alabama Bound at the Birmingham Public Library.
March 8, 2006: BTW Creative Writing's Graphophobia Spring 2006 issue arrived! To see the cover front, click here.
February 23, 2006: Twelve BTW Creative Writing students traveled to Montgomery's Rosa Parks Museum had lunch with Diane Nash, civil Rights activist and founder of SNCC.
February 3, 2006: Ten BTW Creative Writing students attended Architreats to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch speak on his new book, "At Canaan's Edge.".
November 11, 2005: BTW Creative Writing students went to Montgomery's Silver Spoon Cafe to meet poet Joi Miner.
November 29, 2005: BTW Creative Writing's Fall Poetry Reading in the Cellar. Seating begins at 6:30. The show begins at 7:00. To see a poster for the event, click here.
October 12, 2005: Three BTW Creative Writing students, Mr. Dickson, and 11th grade English teacher Ms. Simmons traveled to Birmingham to hear poetry read by prize-winning poet Li-Young Lee at the
Spencer Honors House on UAB's campus.
This site was last updated on May 22, 2006.
hy-coo.com is the haiku website of Booker T. Washington Magnet High School's Creative Writing magnet. To see more about us and what we do, you can:
What's'at . . . a hy-coo?
April 22, 2006: BTW Creative Writing displayed at the Alabama Center for the Book's literary festival at Montgomery's Old Alabama Town.
April 19, 2006: BTW Creative Writing students went to Montgomery's Cafe M to meet fiction writer Kirk Curnutt.
April 11, 2006: BTW Creative Writing's Spring Poetry Reading in the Cellar. Seating began at 6:30. The show began at 7:00.
April 8, 2006: BTW Creative Writing displayed at Alabama Bound at the Birmingham Public Library.
March 8, 2006: BTW Creative Writing's Graphophobia Spring 2006 issue arrived! To see the cover front, click here.
February 23, 2006: Twelve BTW Creative Writing students traveled to Montgomery's Rosa Parks Museum had lunch with Diane Nash, civil Rights activist and founder of SNCC.
February 3, 2006: Ten BTW Creative Writing students attended Architreats to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch speak on his new book, "At Canaan's Edge.".
November 11, 2005: BTW Creative Writing students went to Montgomery's Silver Spoon Cafe to meet poet Joi Miner.
November 29, 2005: BTW Creative Writing's Fall Poetry Reading in the Cellar. Seating begins at 6:30. The show begins at 7:00. To see a poster for the event, click here.
October 12, 2005: Three BTW Creative Writing students, Mr. Dickson, and 11th grade English teacher Ms. Simmons traveled to Birmingham to hear poetry read by prize-winning poet Li-Young Lee at the Spencer Honors House on UAB's campus.
This site was last updated on May 22, 2006.