This is poem #8 in my series of poems about books and reading and words.
Students - sometimes I begin writing one thing, and then suddenly realize, "This is not working. At all." At this point, a writer has a choice. One can keep going and hope that the poem or story gets better OR one can abandon and begin something new. Both work at different times, but last night was a night for me to leave a poem behind. Perhaps one day I'll come back to that poem...but this poem had a greater desire to be born now.
Students - sometimes I begin writing one thing, and then suddenly realize, "This is not working. At all." At this point, a writer has a choice. One can keep going and hope that the poem or story gets better OR one can abandon and begin something new. Both work at different times, but last night was a night for me to leave a poem behind. Perhaps one day I'll come back to that poem...but this poem had a greater desire to be born now.
That's one of the beautiful things about a notebook - you can keep your leftovers there. Maybe someday I'll make something from those few written ingredients, those lists of wordplay. Then again, maybe not. But often little notebook-nuggets surprise us by turning up years later...
Today is not only Poetry Friday. It is also National Grammar Day! Happy NGD to you! On this day, I recommend the Kilgallons' sentence composing books. One to start with for grades three and up is STORY GRAMMAR FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Today is not only Poetry Friday. It is also National Grammar Day! Happy NGD to you! On this day, I recommend the Kilgallons' sentence composing books. One to start with for grades three and up is STORY GRAMMAR FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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