Slice of Life #20 Challenge Day 30/31:
Sidewalk Poetry
On Wednesday the month of March ends and April begins, ushering in National Poetry Month.
This April, in the midst of the social distancing Covid-19 Epidemic, I need to celebrate poetry and do better in sharing how it has impacted me.
On a walk yesterday afternoon, my friend/neighbor, Dave, and I walked past this piece of sidewalk poetry:
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| "I call myself poet... comfortably, happily. My life is filled with writing... articles, essays, fiction, history. But poetry is what delights me, sustains me, is my strongest need. As long as I write, the rest of my life falls into place." |
I was stunned. Dave and I were walking in my old neighborhood. I must have walked over that sidewalk poem so many times, but Sunday was the first time that I actually took the time to read it.
Indeed, "my life is filled with writing...but poetry is what delights me, sustains me, is my strongest need..."
I adore this sidewalk poem.
After reading this piece and reflecting on it, I cannot help but wonder what I can do to better help celebrate poetry this April, both at home and in my distance-learning classroom.
Fellow readers, I would love your ideas. What will you do to celebrate National Poetry Month this April?
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That’s a wonderful sidewalk poem. During April I’ll be writing and talking about poetry w/ Sarah Donovan on her website EthicalEla.com and think I’ve mentioned the monthly 5-Day challenge to you before. You can sign up for daily updates via a Google form in the site.
ReplyDeleteWhat an inspirational sidewalk poem. I'm still pretty nervous about poetry, so I'm not 100% sure what I'll be doing, but Glenda has convinced me to try EthicalELA's prompts - and it looks like we'll be teaching online for the next little while, so I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate poetry in a way that my students will find accessible... spoken word? We shall see...
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