January 25, 2011

• The Something and the Nothing

  This month's poetry homework (mine) was to write a children's poem. I projected it on the Smartboard and had my students watch me write it as a writing exercise. It is a "thinking aloud" strategy. They voted for or against inclusion of certain lines.

   

  The Something and the Nothing

  The something and the nothing
  went out to take a walk;
  when Something said to Nothing,
  “I think we need to talk.”

  But Nothing just kept walking,
  he never said a word;
  getting something out of Nothing
  is really quite absurd.

       1/25/11 Cheri Neuman Herald

  Tonight's poetry group was cancelled due to tornado warnings, so I'll share it with you instead.

   

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