Marginalia by Billy Collins "Sailing alone around the room"
The Important Book - book of informational and list poems
by margaret wisebrown who also wrote goodnight moon
Telling about our eavesdropping
two girls discussing
serious boyfriend
sees boyfriend girlfriend
spending time
not dating
just talking
cant connect
In the teller line
Older gentleman and his little boy
The teller offers the boy a lollipop
“I’m 10. I don’t want a lollipop. I want that car.”
“You seem lot more interested in cars than your dad.”
“He’s 54. I’m 10.”
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The Swing
Swing under the oak
feet scraping the gravel
and the worn, green lumpy carpet
shaded, swinging.
The sun behind us.
learning, repeating
"Little Boy Blue"
safe, happy,
and wondering
How can I climb the oak?
Final draft.
Swinging under the oak
with my feet scraping the gravel
covered with the worn, green, lumpy carpet.
The swing, pushed with her feet,
in the shade under the oak,
swinging with the sun behind us.
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Feedback:
Bless: praise
Express: making a connection
Address: the writer is in control and you ask your readers to address something specific in your poem.
Press: Give control to the reader. What do you like, not like, would change?
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Metalanguage: what metalanguage did you use when reading the poem?
- syllables
- rhyme
- rhythm
- inferring
- parts of speech
- verb tense and verb form
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