Poetry Tag

 April is poetry month.  We read, discuss and write poetry all year, but in April we do a more intense study.  This year our class is playing "Poetry Tag" inspired by the book Poetry Tag Time.  Each day a new student or teacher will be tagged "it". They will then write an original peom based on the poem of the day. Today we read Mary Lee Hahn's poem Green Door.  I demonstrated how to read, reflected and then use the poem as an inspiration to write your own.  Below is Mary Lee Hahn's poem and then my "tag poem".


Green Door
by Mary Lee Hahn
I'm searching for
the green door.
Behind it, stashed,
is spring warmth.

Behind the green
door flowers bloom,
sun is shining,
no more gloom

of grey cloud skies
and winter snow,
of ice and slush
and frozen toes.

When I find the
door I'll fling
it open wide and
in we'll spring.


***** Tag: Ms. Kilpatrick is it *****


Revolving Door

By Ms. Kilpatrick

Yellow door
Long days
Short nights
Green leaves
Sunshine, hot

Brown door
Dark approaching
Colorful leaves
wind, cool

White door
Short days
Long nights
Bare trees
Snow, cold

Green door
Light approaching
New life
Budding trees
Rain, warm

Revolving door