It's that time of the school year again... The poetry unit. With this unit comes disappointment for some and excitement for others. For me it is a mixture of both. See, I love to read and write poems, but the hard part is to follow the guidelines when writing different types of poems. Personally, I enjoy writing the free verse because I can just write what is on my mind and it works!
Even though I love to write poetry, I love to read it more. The only thing is that I cannot read poetry in my head. I have to hear it out loud. It is the only way for me to hear the flow of the words. To me, poetry is like a form of music where the backround instruments are cut out and the words are slowed down so that you can really understand what the poem is trying to say.
I pulled out a poetry book for kids by Emily Dickenson that I hadn't read in years. I didn't remember most of the poems, but when I read them the words felt familiar. One of my favorite poems in this book is one that I have had memorized for a long while. The line I love from this poem is this:
"How dreary to be somebody"
This is very true for me. I don't mean to say that my life doesn't matter or that I feel like I have no friends. What I connect with in this line is that I don't want to be a "somebody", or a person that everyone knows and wants to talk to. I am perfectly content with being in the background and having a good number of great friends.
Isn't poetry great?! A single line can give you so much to think about.n
Totally agree with the "not wanting to be 'somebody'"
ReplyDeleteWould love to read some/any/all of the poems you would like to share :)
ps... even in 2nd grade we do our poem unit.... I teach mine at the end of sometimes the beginning of the year! :) he he he.. teachers... so predictable! :)