WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
by Naomi Shihab Nye
When you were small,
we watched you sleeping,
waves of breath
filling your chest.
Sometimes we hid behind
the wall of baby, soft cradle
of baby needs.
I loved carrying you between
my own body and the world.
we watched you sleeping,
waves of breath
filling your chest.
Sometimes we hid behind
the wall of baby, soft cradle
of baby needs.
I loved carrying you between
my own body and the world.
Now you are sharpening pencils,
entering the forest of
lunch boxes, little desks.
People I never saw before
call out your name
and you wave.
entering the forest of
lunch boxes, little desks.
People I never saw before
call out your name
and you wave.
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BOOK GIVEAWAY
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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3 comments:
OK, you've undone me....or rather Naomi Shihab Nye has undone me here. I have one in college, one just decided on her college and two left in high school. My kids came into my family fast. It was fun and crazy and wonderful. They are leaving just as fast and my eyes grow more ancient every day.
sob.
Naomi Shihab Nye is a favorite poet of mine. This is a great poem. I'm sending a copy to my daughters. My grandchildren are growing up way too fast. A Suitcase of Seaweed is the reason I met Janet Wong. We have known each other since that first came out. I'm looking forward to seeing this new revised edition.
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