Writerscorps. 2003. Paint me as I am: teen poems from writerscorps. New York: HarperTempest. ISBN: 0-06-447264-7.
Introduction
This poem describes how poems can feed the soul.
My Poem
My poem can fight,
My poem can sing,
My poem can fly,
But it has no wings.
My poem can wake
You up from your sleep,
My poem can rhyme,
And stick to beat.
My poem can give,
My poem can take,
My poem can tell
The real from the fake.
My poem can see,
My poem makes you read,
My poem isn't food
But it does fill a need.
Extension
Discuss the benefits of poetry. What needs does it fill? Does it feed the soul? What are the benefits of reading poetry? Writing poetry?
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