I’m crazy right now with NaNoWriMo, so for today’s Poetry Friday, I’ll be sharing a quick poem by Andrea Carlisle from I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs, collected by Naomi Shihab Nye and Paul B Janeczko.
Emily Dickinson‘s To-Do List
Monday
Figure out what to wear—white dress?
Put hair in bun
Bake gingerbread for Sue
Peer out window at passersby
Write poem
Hide poem
Tuesday
White dress? Off-white dress?
Feed cats
Chat with Lavinia
Work in garden
Letter to T.W.H.
Wednesday
White dress or what?
Eavesdrop on visitors from behind door
Write poem
Hide poem
Thursday
Try on new white dress
Gardening—watch out for narrow fellows in grass!
Gingerbread, cakes, treats
Poems: Write and hide them
Friday
Embroider sash for white dress
Write poetry
Water flowers on windowsill
Hide everything
By Andrea Carlisle
This week’s Poetry Friday is brought to you by laurasalas: writing the world for kids.
~Mandy
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This is such a great poem. I’ve used it to show students how to write about a topic with subtlety and this is the example extraordinaire.
I love that book, and this is a terrific poem. The white dress lines just make me laugh! I love the evolution of E in this poem:>)
I love this! That book is going on my wish list.
It’s a great poem! What a perfect model for students writing poems from the pov of any character, historical or otherwise. I want to try one! Thanks for sharing and good luck with NaNoWriMo!