Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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24.2.07

Poem: "Portraits"

Click here for a printable copy of "Portraits" © 2007 Greig Roselli

5.1.07

Poem: "brother & sister"

she’s a waif about to vomit her bread, to get ready for the Banana Republic shoot, the “I love it when you look at me” pose...

5.12.06

Book Review: Warmish-Cool Pleasure in As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying, is the archetypal quest story, one of the most satisfying and basic plots in the literary canon....

21.9.06

Jean Mohr's Photographs of Boys in After the Last Sky (with Edward W. Said)

in After the Last Sky : The Palestinian boy in Jean Mohr’s photograph elicits sadness just by looking into his eyes (WOR 623). He is o...

14.8.06

Poem: "St. Roch"

St. Roch Your ancestors are buried here , she said, pointing to the fuzzy monitor; my roots displayed as if someo...

1.8.06

Eulogy for My Dog Maggie: 1990-2006

Maggie on a walk When my dog Maggie died, I wrote her eulogy. When a girl reaches that age of sweet sixteen uncertainty, my...

10.5.06

John Milton on Adversity

Adversity breeds life. An Etching of Samson, from an 1882 German Bible source: wikimedia Mil ton liked to write about adversity ...

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