I went looking through my poetry files this morning.
It's funny how I often forget about poems that I've written. Here's one of my forgotten poems titled So Small. It's
told in the voice of a young child who doesn't want to be smaller than everyone
else she knows. Her wish is to be BIGGER than everyone!
SO
SMALL
by
Elaine Magliaro
I’m
small…so small
Not
tall at all.
I’m
smaller than everyone else I know.
Wish
I could grow…
Could
sprout so high
I’d
stand like giraffe with my head
In
the sky.
I’d
be taller than tall…
The
tallest of all.
I’d
tower above
Everyone
that I know
Then
I could look down
Guess
what I’d see?
Everyone
LOOKING UP AT ME!!!
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I'll be giving away an autographed copy of A
Suitcase of Seaweed & More by Janet Wong. It's not only an excellent poetry
book--it's also an excellent classroom writing resource, which could inspire
students to write poems about their own life experiences.
To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 14th through April 20th. I'll announce the winner on Sunday, April
21st.
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9 comments:
Oh, I bet small ones DO wish to be like giraffes with heads in the sky! Thank you for this poem, Elaine. I was just sharing your beautiful THINGS TO DO with some kindergarten teachers the other day...we were ooohing and aaahing. xxxx
I've had that experience, too, of forgetting poems I've written. Sometimes I don't like them when I find them, but other times I think, wow, I wrote that? That's pretty good! This one is a lovely find!
It’s human nature to want to be what we’re not, isn’t it? Your poem captures this dissatisfaction.
Connections leap out at me all over the place. Like Glenda said before me, we all want to be what we are not. Have you see Qin Leng's picture book, I Am Small?
Funnily enough, for a little while in school I was a tall child who wished I could be smaller and not stand out! Thankfully most of my classmates eventually caught up to me, so I wasn't all that tall anymore. ;-) When we're little we want to be big, when we're big we want to be little! :-)
We never seem to wish for what we REALLY need! (Or maybe we never know what we REALLY need until it's too late to wish for it!)
My youngest granddaughter is so strong, doing ballet, gymnastics and rock climbing, but she will love this because she still is small & often can't reach things, like tree limbs, to climb, as older children can. And she talks about it. Wonderful, Elaine! Don't put me in the drawing. I have this book!
At barely 5'1, I really like So Small and can truly relate to it :)
I can relate--though now I've come to like my smallness. What a fun poem!
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