My child, don’t forget:
characters exchange.
Sing a psalm for the new and
return thanks.
Invent a secret life.
Children at crossroads
connect to anything.
You will decode Messages.
It could be a poem of ants and acids;
an academy of the most prosperous
lesson plans on equality .
Seek out how many days
until we know this truth:
Ugly duckling ="chicken boy" +"test answers".
Always remember what I tell you.
Awakening depends upon
related poetry about place;
not types of Harry Potter haiku.
This book discussion wonders
over text to self connection;
It’s chasing myths for kids by kids; a list of
free underground railroad quilt patterns.
.......-Andromeda Jazmon
This week Miss Rumphius is giving us Found Poetry as our poetry stretch. This form collects words or phrases from the environment and shapes them into a poem by rearranging, adding and manipulating the language (read the Wikipedia entry.) I am intrigued with this practice. To write the above poem I looked at my site meter and collected search terms that brought readers to this blog over the past few days. It was a fascinating and illuminating exercise. Read more found poems by following the links at Miss Rumphius.
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