Friday, August 30, 2013

Spreading Myself Out


Thank you Tara from A Teaching Life for hosting Poetry Friday!

Please, please, please go to Two Writing Teachers blog today to read my guest post on "Where is Poetry? It's Everywhere." I share some personal early on experiences with poetry and talk about the importance it has in the classroom....everyday. 


Here is my PF offering of the day.

I spread over water
I spread over land
If love is the lake
My heart is the sand.

I spread over head
I spread over trees
If love is the sky
My heart is the breeze.

I spread over grass
I spread over flowers
If love is the clouds
My heart is the showers.

I spread over two
I spread over one
If all this is love
My heart is the sun

9 comments:

  1. Betsy, this is beautiful! I'm actually a little teary-eyed as I read it. I cannot choose a favorite stanza-but it was the last that really got me.

    And...WOOHOO!!! Your guest post is aMAZing!!

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  2. Hi Betsy, there are many layers we can tease out from this poem especially as we assume way too many roles with the beginning of the school year. I find this to be particularly timely - and beautiful! :) Thank you for sharing. Poetry has always been my lifeline to sanity - how I "spread" myself everywhere.

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  3. Gorgeous poem, Betsy. Enjoyed your post at TWT, too!

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  4. Very, very nice, Betsy! Each stanza is special, but like Robin, the last stanza really got me.

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  5. Betsy, I love the style of this, and the beautiful connections you made each verse. Lovely!

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  6. Yep, that's the word for it-- truly lovely! Both in the simplicity of its structure and in its multi-layered meaning. My favorite image: "If love is the sky/My heart is the breeze." Thank you, Betsy.

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