Poetry Friday is at Beyond LiteracyLink. Thanks, Carol.
A second grader wrote a poem about weeds. His mom, the music teacher, said he came outside to be inspired as she was weeding.
He and I conferred about the shaping.
If I Were a Weed
If I were a weed
most other plants would hate me.
If I were a weed
I would be green or sometimes yellow.
If I were a weed
I would still be something living
like all of you.
If I were a weed
I would feel o’ so hurt.
because you are all slicing me.
If you were a weed
How would you feel?
~Peter L.
2nd grade
I just love the last line of this poem.
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Jone, this is wonderful and to think it was written by a 2nd grader. Do you think I could post this at Spring’s Seeds Gallery as an example of Student Voice? If so, I think the written poem could be captured and placed to the left of the handwritten poem. What do you think?
Am sure it will be okay to share.
I just emailed Mom for confirmation that it’s okay.
Wonderful!
Mom saw this first (before email) haha! Yes, I’m sure he would be honored!
Jone, I am placing Peter’s digital #imagepoem under #SpringsSeeds so he can see how proudly his work graces my garden. Thank you.
Cute poem. Nice structure and insight, especially for a 2nd grader.
Fabulous last lines – the last two stanzas of the formatted version. Powerful. How beautiful to see another youngster voluntarily expressing thoughts through poetry. My niece brought tears in our family this week, with her heart-poem, shared on my blog. So special when they find the magic of poetry for themselves.