Teacher · Educator · Poet
Clarice Rosa
I teach English at a Waldorf school in Brazil and have been writing poetry since I was 19. Here you will find my résumé and the 46 poems of Poesia Cintilante, in the original Portuguese.
I. About
The classroom and the notebook
I started working in education at 15, writing tutorials for teachers in school computer labs. I have been in schools ever since.
I hold a teaching degree in Portuguese Language and Literature from UNIFESP and another in Education, and I trained in Waldorf Education at Faculdade Rudolf Steiner. Today I teach English to grades 1 to 5 at Escola Waldorf Kuan Yin, through verses, songs and a lot of free writing.
I have published poetry since I was 19. Three books so far. The latest, Poesia Cintilante (“Sparkling Poetry”), came out in 2025 with paintings by Raul Gabriel Muradi.
Outside school: violin, transverse flute and choir, where I sing soprano.
II. Résumé
Where I taught, what I studied
English teacher with degrees in Language and Literature and in Education, trained in Waldorf Education. More than ten years in schools, combining English with literature, music and art projects.
School hymns and verses, reading song lyrics, free and creative writing projects.
Poetry for children and young readers, and the reading lists recommended for elementary and middle school.
In-person and online classes. Students recorded mini-podcasts and short interviews in English.
Final paper on the poetry selected by Brazil’s national textbook program (PNLD 2020) for grades 6 and 7.
Honors for the final thesis on Emília no País da Gramática, by Monteiro Lobato.
Includes the poem “Paixão cintilante”.
Launched at the São Paulo International Book Biennial and at FLIP, the Paraty literary festival.
III. Poesia Cintilante
46 poems, 44 paintings
Poems about time, hurry, family and the small things of the day. Each one has its own painting by Raul Gabriel Muradi.
The whole book is here, in the original Portuguese, one poem at a time.
Guarulhos, Brazil, 2025 · illustrated · in Portuguese
Swipe sideways. Tap a painting to read its poem.
Contents
No poem has that word.
Paintings by Raul Gabriel Muradi (@raulmuradi). Copyediting by Marina Bariani Trava.
IV. For writers
Got poems in a drawer?
I can help turn your poems into a book like Poesia Cintilante, with the same care on every page. Tell me what you have and we will work out the path. I work in Portuguese and English.
Message on WhatsApp- ReadingYou send me the poems and I read every one of them carefully.
- Order and editingTogether we choose the sequence, the title and the contents.
- Pages and imagesTypography, layout and an illustration for each poem.
- Finished bookA print-ready file and a version to read on the phone, like this one.
V. Contact
Write to me
Teaching, school projects, book orders or poetry publishing. I reply on WhatsApp or by e-mail, in English or Portuguese.