Tara Temprano
@taratemprano.bsky.social
Teacher | Writer | Poet | Breast Cancer Survivor | Knitter | Union Strong (HTA-NJEA) | Hawthorne Dem Club President
Blackout Poetry is a form where you use the words of others to create a poem. Artistic and fun! Try these today with your students or on your own. All you need is a copy of a page from a book. #poetry #writingcommunity
May 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Blackout Poetry is a form where you use the words of others to create a poem. Artistic and fun! Try these today with your students or on your own. All you need is a copy of a page from a book. #poetry #writingcommunity
May 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Journal writing is the door to more self-expression. #journalwriting
April 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Journal writing is the door to more self-expression. #journalwriting
Poetry can save your life. It can resurrect your soul. It can illuminate your love and those your care for in ways other writing cannot. #poetry
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Poetry can save your life. It can resurrect your soul. It can illuminate your love and those your care for in ways other writing cannot. #poetry
Today, March 21st is National Poetry Day!
Take a look at this impressionist painting. What do you notice in the painting? What colors do you see? How does this painting make you feel and why?
Write a poem about it using the word BLUE.
Take a look at this impressionist painting. What do you notice in the painting? What colors do you see? How does this painting make you feel and why?
Write a poem about it using the word BLUE.
March 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Today, March 21st is National Poetry Day!
Take a look at this impressionist painting. What do you notice in the painting? What colors do you see? How does this painting make you feel and why?
Write a poem about it using the word BLUE.
Take a look at this impressionist painting. What do you notice in the painting? What colors do you see? How does this painting make you feel and why?
Write a poem about it using the word BLUE.
• When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
• When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.
Students are asked the questions, given sentence starters, and asked to discuss them with the group before writing them on paper. Allowing the students to talk it out before writing alleviates the anxiety of not knowing what to write.
March 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Students are asked the questions, given sentence starters, and asked to discuss them with the group before writing them on paper. Allowing the students to talk it out before writing alleviates the anxiety of not knowing what to write.
With several opportunities to grow your writing community, contact me for information on workshops, PLCs and curriculum design. #professionaldevelopment #writingcommunity #superintendent #education
March 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
With several opportunities to grow your writing community, contact me for information on workshops, PLCs and curriculum design. #professionaldevelopment #writingcommunity #superintendent #education
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#poetryinbloom is a weekly challenge based on the prompts I post. Feel free to write a poem, tag me, and post on IG with #poetryinbloom.
Here is one poem I wrote with the prompt to get started!
Here is one poem I wrote with the prompt to get started!
March 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#poetryinbloom is a weekly challenge based on the prompts I post. Feel free to write a poem, tag me, and post on IG with #poetryinbloom.
Here is one poem I wrote with the prompt to get started!
Here is one poem I wrote with the prompt to get started!
Then they came for labor… #unionstrong
February 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Then they came for labor… #unionstrong
Poetry reveals itself to us in different ways. I analyzed love this week since it was Valentine’s Day. #poetrysky #writersky
February 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Poetry reveals itself to us in different ways. I analyzed love this week since it was Valentine’s Day. #poetrysky #writersky
Valentine’s Day can sometimes be a challenge but it important to know and understand who you are. This poem started as a quote I saw on social media, but it became a bio poem of me. #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #love #writersky
Happy Valentine’s Day!! ❤️🥰😘😍
Happy Valentine’s Day!! ❤️🥰😘😍
February 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Valentine’s Day can sometimes be a challenge but it important to know and understand who you are. This poem started as a quote I saw on social media, but it became a bio poem of me. #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #love #writersky
Happy Valentine’s Day!! ❤️🥰😘😍
Happy Valentine’s Day!! ❤️🥰😘😍
The following is a poem about that idea and what this presidency and executive orders has been doing to friends and family I love and my thoughts on what we can do to fight back. #writersky #poetry #resistance
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The following is a poem about that idea and what this presidency and executive orders has been doing to friends and family I love and my thoughts on what we can do to fight back. #writersky #poetry #resistance
Nancy Drew Christmas
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
The Baker’s Secret
Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back
The Prophets
Legends and Lattes
These are a few of my current reads.
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
The Baker’s Secret
Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back
The Prophets
Legends and Lattes
These are a few of my current reads.
February 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nancy Drew Christmas
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
The Baker’s Secret
Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back
The Prophets
Legends and Lattes
These are a few of my current reads.
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
The Baker’s Secret
Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back
The Prophets
Legends and Lattes
These are a few of my current reads.
@bethkempton.bsky.social has a #tinywinterpoem challenge that hits all the right spots. One word, one picture, and write for ten minutes. The poetry that’s created packs a punch and there are not any revisions. Sometimes our imposter syndrome needs a rest. #poetrysky #writersky
February 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@bethkempton.bsky.social has a #tinywinterpoem challenge that hits all the right spots. One word, one picture, and write for ten minutes. The poetry that’s created packs a punch and there are not any revisions. Sometimes our imposter syndrome needs a rest. #poetrysky #writersky
I am deeply saddened by the news of flight 5342 in DC. I lift my heart in prayer to all those affected.
January 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I am deeply saddened by the news of flight 5342 in DC. I lift my heart in prayer to all those affected.
The Hawthorne Democratic Club is pushing forward on its ideals of service to the community, and the Democratic Party values. We are proud of our work and look forward to our next events. #democrats #wedothework #democraticparty
January 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Hawthorne Democratic Club is pushing forward on its ideals of service to the community, and the Democratic Party values. We are proud of our work and look forward to our next events. #democrats #wedothework #democraticparty
Creativity is the doorway to emotion, advocacy and solace. If we continue to write, draw, paint, knit, crochet, sculpt, or act, we learn how to think. Power is in our voice. #Creativity #WritingCommunity #Poetry
January 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Creativity is the doorway to emotion, advocacy and solace. If we continue to write, draw, paint, knit, crochet, sculpt, or act, we learn how to think. Power is in our voice. #Creativity #WritingCommunity #Poetry
I posted this on most of my platforms and received many messages, but I would love to hear blue sky’s opinion. Which one? Comment below! I’m almost done 😬 #booksky #writersky #writercommunity #journaling
January 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I posted this on most of my platforms and received many messages, but I would love to hear blue sky’s opinion. Which one? Comment below! I’m almost done 😬 #booksky #writersky #writercommunity #journaling
This book has me in an emotional roller coaster. I’m loving it! #kristinhannah #booksky #tiktokrefugee
January 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This book has me in an emotional roller coaster. I’m loving it! #kristinhannah #booksky #tiktokrefugee