So for the last poems of this year at Charles Kozminski, I split classes into two by having the 8th graders write using a specific theme: Sometimes and having the other classes write poems about lessons. The sample poem by Mia Washington, was a great poem that was simple, and included a lot of emotions about the dark side of being a pre-teen. In the response poems I asked students to write either an individual or group poem with whatever theme they wanted, but to use Sometimes repetitively in the poem.
Here are some response poems:
"Sometimes"
Briana H.
Sometimes the world is spinning for me.
There's love on one side
and hate on the other side.
Love is loyalty, determination and faith.
Hate is depression, peer pressure and alone.
Sometimes your love depends on you
and then melts you down.
Sometimes my happiness get ahead of me and then I feel ashamed.
Sometimes my love and hate is ...and the air
I can't feel nothing.
Sometimes even though I feel hate
or love I love myself
and sometimes...is all I feel.
(c) 2007 by Charles Kozminski Academy
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I plan to post new year poems in January 2008. I wish you and yours a very lovely holiday season. Be safe!
Pam Osbey
Artist-In-Resident
Poetry Center of Chicago
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