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 Makki, 3rd grade
Cathy
I sometimes teach beginning poetry to adults. Children’s examples can be wonderful. I love children’s poems and am often very impressed by what people come up with who have said.to me ” I cannot write poetry . I could never do that.”