My Name is ______
You can find me ___________
I dream of / wish for ___________.
The students rocked it!
Below are some of their gems.
My name is Pluto.
You can find me beyond Neptune.
I dream of being a planet again.
My name is Nobody.
You can find me Nowhere.
I dream of being Somebody someday.
My name is the Sun.
I am hiding today.
I dream of coming back tomorrow.
(This was inspired by our weather that day,
which was cloudy and cold.)
The big winner: "The Poltergeyser" by Calef Brown!
representing the poems in our bracket.
What strikes me the most is
the creativity of the students, and
how poetry evokes enjoyment
in both solitary and collective experiences.
Images: McGill, J. (2018). Library activity photos. CC-BY NC.