Poetry Friday: First Friday in January
Yes, I know this is the second Friday of January. Last week our poetry group did not meet because:
1. I left for a doctor’s appointment.
2. The students experienced a real live drill because we had a rare tornado heading our way!I missed the experience but today, some of the group came back to that moment last week. (NOTE: the mall is still there. It became cler to me that my fifth grade writers have discovered the joy of shopping at the mall and they would be so sad to see it gone. Was an “aha” moment that they are growing up.)
I am always intrigued by the poem choices. Today I threw out a quote from Lucy Calkins to be mindful of , “poetry is seeing the world in a new way.” They were also encouraged to try and write in 15 words or less.
One word in a mouth
Is like all the others
Waiting to be said.
–Clare, 2nd grade (written over the break)
Tornado
We are all sitting in the hall
Whoosh, whoosh
All scared
Friends talking
Ha, ha
Oops!
Not allowed
Fears
Pray
Ahhh!
–Sabrina, 4th grade
My dog-toy poodle
Black fur loves snow
Loves me licking my
Face like crazy
–Jenna, 2nd grade
Penguins all around
Warm
Fuzzy
Like a pillow
Just been hugged
By their mama
–Olesya, 3rd grade
Crystal all around
Flies down sparkles
Charm my life
–Ashlyn, 2nd grade
Spinning winds around outside
Sitting in halls
Scared, worried
Turn out fine
–Tasha, 5th grade
Tornado flash boom, boom
Thunder roars.
What’s
That we all say?
Booom
Bang, we all scream.
We find out
The mall is gone.
–Ahbre, 5th grade
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Happy Reading.
MsMac
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Your kids are always amazing. I love the phrase “charms my life” and that they all expressed their fears so beautifully. The fact that the MALL is gone, though, WOW. I lived with earthquakes all my life, but I think just one tornado would do me in. You’ve got brave kids.
Claire’s poem about one word - WOW. Amazing insight. Thanks for sharing these and I’m glad that tornado didn’t do serious damage.
That first one is brilliant, and could be in an anthology. It’s obvious that the tornado was an intense experience, worse for some kids than others.
I’m especially impressed with the second graders. There are some wonderful little gems there.
I love seeing your kids’ poems. Ashlyn’s and Clare’s are my favorites as pure poetry, but it’s just great to read detail-filled, observation-based poems by young kids. They’re awesome!
I love reading these, too. I still say that Clare is gonna be a poet one day (well, she is now, but you know what I mean).
These are all great. Thanks for sharing them.