Chatterbox: Inkwell

NEW POETRY CLUB! JOIN NOW!

Okay, the last poetry club I tried to start died prety quickly, and that was partly my fault because I abandoned it.

But this time, it'll be a little different. Say "I join."

Then vote for one of these three poets: Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost. You MUST vote for one of THESE THREE, though you can, along with your vote, suggest nominees for the next time we vote. If you dont know who any of these poets are, just vote for a random one or go with majority.

Once we've selected a poet, I'll post some of their poetry and we'll discuss it and talk about its meaning, and maybe write our own poems inspired by it. I'll lead these activities.

After we've done a couple different poets, I guess we can look at random poems, or whatever.

Oh, and I'll need someone to take the time to look up words we dont know, if that's okay.

I vote for Robert Frost.

When a poet stares at time, everything stops.

When a poet loves, he freezes,

and his heart bursts open like an over-ripe banana.

When a poet thinks, he is so happy he will melt of happiness.

When a poet is angry, he will go crazy.

When a poet is sad, he will cry to death.

When a poet travels to a new land, he gets lost.

When a poet imagines, he sees himself as an astronaut

and then becomes one.

When a poet writes,

he believes nothing is wrong

because he is at his best.

By Saadat, 3rd grade

This poem was featured as part of the 2013 A Poem A Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April.