Give me lights
on my house,
a glowing roof
and sparkling windows.
My sunglasses are so bright,
like the sun.
I see twinkling stars
above the roof,
candles all around,
and when I walk out
I see my glowing bridge.
As I walk in,
I see fire-beetles
and fire-flies
dancing in the flame.
And when I sleep,
I see the brightest dream.
By Josiah, 6th Grade
Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Leah Schultz, an 8th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.
This poem is 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. Click here to learn more.
Special thanks to Susan Phillips, an independent radio producer and KPFT volunteer in Houston, who recorded and produced all the poems for the WITS A Poem a Day campaign.