I was struggling to write poetry this morning. I didn't want to. I wanted to give up and stop...and then I got to school. I was greeted with Amy saying, "I need you to read this. I need a good ending. It needs...something. What do you think?" I read her poem, "Sky" and we brainstormed some ideas. I suggested repeating the first line at the end. She scrunched up her face. I love a writer who is really the boss of her own writing. I asked her what she wanted her reader to feel as the poem ended. She said, "Not too happy, but not too sad." I suggested a few lines and she came up with her own (which was better than any of my suggestions)! This encounter was followed by a found poem written by Isabel from lines in the book she's reading, Sure Signs of Crazy . Isabel borrowed lines from the book and arranged them into a powerful poem. You can read it here . I shared the poem with the amazing Karen Harrington , the author of Sure Signs of Crazy, on ...
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