Poetry

Autumn begs for poetry.  A local school choir that performed for the school board last night sang a song about autumn that they wrote after going out and looking at signs of fall and leaves around their school.  Songs are poetry combined with music and the choir was magnificent.

This month my children have the assignment to memorize several poems as well as write their own poem.  Poetry is a beautiful compliment noticing the world around you.   I am thankful that the poems they get to learn are accessible and relevant.  One of them is Rachel Field's City Rain Poem, with the beautiful line about rain "Slantwise where the buildings crowd"  The words allow a new way of looking and describing rain.  It also allow my children to think of their own words to describe rain. 

We don't always make our walks outside poetry excursions- but the experiences that our children are building allow for words to tumble out later especially when we allow them to notice the magic of the  world and their own experience within it.