This anthology is a collection of poetry and prose written by fellows of the Mobile Bay Writing Project's summer institutes for 2006. The Mobile Bay Writing Project is a local site for the National Writing Project. For four weeks each summer, kindergarden through college-level teachers come together to share their best writing strategies; however, they also spend time becoming writers. The poetry and prose found in this collection emanated from or filtered through our summer institutes. We are teachers. These pages tell our stories.