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Poet shares inspiration at Market Street
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Although Paul Orshoski's visit was a treat to end Right to Read Week, the week featured many other fun reading activities. On Hawaiian dress-up day, Market Street principal Jim Stitt (left) shared a book with Morgan Russo (right).
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Children's author and poet Paul Orshoski (left) posed with a group of Market Street students who were "caught reading" during Right to Read Week. The students were given money to use at their school book fair.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .During Right to Read Week at Market Street Elementary, many guest readers visited classrooms throughout the school to read to students. Early in the week, John Greco (right) from the Cleveland Browns read to a classroom of fourth-graders.
By SARAH FOOR
Author and poet Paul Orshoski visited Market Street Elementary on Feb. 10 to help the school bring its Right to Read Week to a close.
The Sandusky-area poet was glad to be celebrating Right to Read Week with Market Street.
“I can already tell that the school is very excited about reading – I’m just tapping into that. I share my excitement about writing and reading and show the students what works for me when I write. My poems are often really silly, so I’m also happy to make the kids laugh,” Orshoski explained.
Orshoski said the subjects of his poems come from his own experience. A long-time teacher and then administrator, he said he often writes about school and also himself and his family.
He likes to write about events that have already happened. Orshoski showed an old video clip of his daughter as a youngster, on the bench during a basketball game, but pumped up and supportive to her team. The video inspired a poem that Orshoski shared with the students.
The poet also shared some of his style secrets, explaining that he likes to explore the opposite of what is expected and save a clever idea for the end of his poems.
“What works for me might not work for you, but those are some of my secrets. You have to keep writing and reading and experimenting to get better. When you care about your subject matter, that will come through on the page,” the author said.