Author Archive for: Mr. Pogreba

About dpogreba

This is my eighteenth year at Helena High School, where I teach English III AP Language, AP Seminar, Honors English 2, Debate, and Speech. In my spare time, I enjoy grading essays, watching the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers, and buying more books than I could ever hope to read.

Entries by dpogreba

Spring Poetry

Early Spring by Rainer Maria Rilke

Harshness vanished. A sudden softness
has replaced the meadows’ wintry grey.
Little rivulets of water changed
their singing accents. Tendernesses,

April 6, 2009/by dpogreba

Love at First Sight Friday

PASSING Stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,)

April 3, 2009/by dpogreba

AP Class Wiki

To access the class wiki, please follow this delightful link.

April 2, 2009/by dpogreba

Terza Rima Tuesday

Ode to the West Wing by Percy Bysse Shelley

March 30, 2009/by dpogreba

Sonnet for Sunday

Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint by Federico García Lorca

Never let me lose the marvel
of your statue-like eyes, or the accent
the solitary rose of your breath
places on my cheek at night.

March 29, 2009/by dpogreba