A Poetic Goal
Could you write the world? Could you right the world?
Here's what two people write (right) about:
I write the world.
I write about
me
my freckles
Dad's bad back.
I write about
Grandma dying.
I write to find out
what makes freckles
where the sun goes at night
how birds fly without falling
I write to find out
where Grandma is now.
I write to make change
to stop bullying
to keep cats inside
to clean up the rivers
to ask why--
there was no hospital bed for grandma.
I right the world.
-- Lorraine Wilson
I write the world
I write about
me
my curly hair
Grandkid's growing up
I write about
Jake's crash.
I write to find out
what makes curly hair
why the weather changes so
how we change energy to save the world
I write about
why Jake still hurts.
I write to make change
to work together, everyone
to respect and encourage individual talents
to progress in a green world
to asky why--
Jake and others can't get medical treatment.
I right the world.
-- Sheri Edwards
Assigmment Prompt
What do these people write about?
What do these people want to right?
Make a list of things you want to write about and things you want to right.
Use the pattern of the poem to write your own poem about how you will write (right) the world.
Open the page Right the World for Us to complete your ideas.
Connected Pages: Right the World Right the World for Us
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