Kyle McKillop
@kylemckillop.bsky.social
He/him. Secondary literacy helping teacher, poet, sharer, decolonizer. Past president BCTELA, SETA, RCLAS. May contain gluten &/or joy.
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See www.bctelaconference.ca to sign up for the fantastic sessions, as well as the keynote by Billy-Ray Belcourt and opening performance from drag artist Jaylene Tyme!
Event Website
www.bctelaconference.ca
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
See www.bctelaconference.ca to sign up for the fantastic sessions, as well as the keynote by Billy-Ray Belcourt and opening performance from drag artist Jaylene Tyme!
Just beware of the binary: there is always some showing & some telling, and the balance adjusts for the writing’s form and audience and style.
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just beware of the binary: there is always some showing & some telling, and the balance adjusts for the writing’s form and audience and style.
See past student Rupam’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/
And I write more about prose poems as a form for students here: surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/t...
And I write more about prose poems as a form for students here: surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/t...
Student Creations
Check out student work from Mr. McKillop’s classroom!
mistermckillop.wordpress.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
See past student Rupam’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/
And I write more about prose poems as a form for students here: surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/t...
And I write more about prose poems as a form for students here: surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/t...
See Rupan’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/.
And I talk about prose poems a little more in this essay about essays:
And I talk about prose poems a little more in this essay about essays:
Student Creations
Check out student work from Mr. McKillop’s classroom!
mistermckillop.wordpress.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
See Rupan’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/.
And I talk about prose poems a little more in this essay about essays:
And I talk about prose poems a little more in this essay about essays:
My favourite definition of poetry: intense language. So there’s an intensity to prose poetry, a densification with strong verbs and nouns. There’s often a focus on showing over telling, leaving the reader to infer. A GOOD prose poem takes us somewhere we didn’t expect.
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My favourite definition of poetry: intense language. So there’s an intensity to prose poetry, a densification with strong verbs and nouns. There’s often a focus on showing over telling, leaving the reader to infer. A GOOD prose poem takes us somewhere we didn’t expect.