Beginning Poetry

Over the past week, Room 20 has begun reading and writing poetry.  We have begun each of our writing classes with reading several different poems from a variety of authors.  After we had read a few day's worth and had discussed some of the things we had noticed, we made a list of things poems could have.

This morning we wrote our first shared writing poem together as a class.  On Friday we had begun one, but it ended up being more like a list, so today we decided as a class to start fresh.  After all authors decide they don't like something and start again, so why can't we?

It took us a bit of time, but we came up with what I think is a great first poem.

Hockey Day

Written By Room 20

Listening to music as I get dressed

My team listens to “I Got the cougars” while it plays on the    speakers

The warm feeling as I slip my foot inside my skate,

I tie my skate tight or my skate will fall off.

The feel of cold air on my body, like winter wind, as I skate on    the ice

Get the puck,

       Skate down the ice to the net…

              YOU SHOOT, YOU SCORE!

The announcers calls “He shoots, he scores!”

The game ends

I get undressed

The bonfire begins

I hear the sizzling of the burning firewood.