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Back in October, Naomi Shihab Nye suggested to write 3-5 observations per day to exercise your writing muscle.  This past month, I have been working with two fifth grade classes in poetry using this suggestion.

For three weeks, I went in every day to model writing in my journal and to share a daily poem.  Soon they were asking when are we going to write poetry?  This past week, the students have been writing poems.  I am sharing one class today and next week, I will share the other class.

Frost Fall

wind walks down my spine as I walk through the
grass which seems like shards of frost.  As I walk
memories are lost in the wind.  The clouds are
catching dreams.  The dragonfly glides through the
sky.  The sun comes to spature all of these things.
Rain drops.  As I walk it guards the clouds.  Silver
flakes falls.  As I walk they are the crystals of life.
A blanket of snow lies over the ground.  It puts spring to
sleep.

–Brandon, 5th Grade

The sky

Looking out the window,

The sky coming to touch the soft soil of the earth

Every step you take one more inch through the fog

The trees look like giant running after me as I sit in the car,

The

Trees

Follow

Me

Cutting through the fog like butter,

The sky to the earth the only time you can see

In your eye

The sky

–Dakotah, 5th grade

Chills run

down my back

Outside

grey as a rock

my hair looks like

It has

shredded crystals

In it

I look up…SNOW

“Snow is coming down”

I tell

the crowd as sticking

out my tongue  trying

To catch

Snowflakes in my mouth

I hear a loud GULP

NOOO the snow is gone

YAY Spring is here!!!

–Kierra, 5th grade

For more poems see their room’s page.

 Poetry Friday is hosted by Wild Rose Reader.

Happy Reading.

MsMac