"Poetry is many things that inspire people..."

“Poetry is many things that inspire people…”

To bring our terrific 6-week poetry residency with 2nd graders to a close, we talked about (1) things that poetry is: “many things that inspire people;” “imaginative;” “an art;” “its own world;” “art & writing combined;” “emotional writing”; “a lot of imagination;” “fun to read and write;” “interesting and lets you learn funny and weird things;” “one of those things that makes you feel an inner and outer world;” and (2) things that poetry does: “sometimes rhymes;” gets readers’ attention;” and “makes people happy.” Then we had a wonderful time reading and listening as students shared favorite poems that they have written.

Here I am publishing some poems that I held in reserve from our “A World Made for Us” lesson. Enjoy, and have a wonderful summer!

A green land and sea and sky Emily F.

green flowers are like green land and I feel like a
fairy flying in the green land
green turtles are swimming in the sea. I think I see a
green rock.
green clouds float in the sky and we have
happiness.

The Wonder of the World Emma R.

I want to live in a world
Of wonder and hope
Green magic fairy tales
Everything
Its the joy of stories and
You can ride dragons and
No laws
Freedom is in the air!
We have the ability to dream.
I can see rainbows pictured
In my mind.

I want to live in the world Dishti F.

I imagine the world of ice cream cake world
I will make the world be a
brave world.
We have a right to our song.

Amalia N.

A world of
marshmallows and cupcakes
ice cream where people
don’t talk back to me
and there’s no bugs

A day of sports William N.

I want to wake up to a day
filled with sports!
filling me with happiness
all through my body
running, playing, biking and
swimming
brown
green and
blue
with lots of happiness
and cheering

I want to live in a different realm Ada L.

I want to live in a world of
peace
a world of
magic
a world of
dragons
A world of
peace
and a world of
play.

Minecraft Charlie M.

My world has minecraft
and doing sports
to have fun
and a dog to snuggle with
and family to feed me
and look at bugs
and play with my
brother and sister
and play with friends
and go to school.