Poetry. I think the first time I tried my hand at writing a poem I was in second grade. I remember standing at our back door watching a terrible rain storm. I was getting ready for bed, and my parents were urging me to get away from the door. I stood transfixed by the whirl of wind and the driving rain. I remember these words popping into my head:
The lightening crashes
The thunder booms
The children all are in their rooms
Snuggled in their beds so tight
Listening to the rain at night.
Seminal moments as well as everyday ones can inspire us all to create a line of verse - even a childish line. You might enjoy the poems found at Poetry 180. You can connect with the widget on this page. The site is sponsored by the Library of Congress and was the brain child of former Poet Laureate of the United States, Billy Collins. The site is for the use of high school students (180 school days and a poem for each day). I think the poems are delightful; I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy them.
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