a poem by a 10 year old boy [Harry] 2009
Hilary writes:
For one of my writing classes, we’re teaching young kids how to write poetry. And today, we asked them to choose 7 words out of a list of 100+ that they want to use in a poem. This was an amazingly romantic one that a 10 year old wrote.
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Men, Women, and Ghosts [Amy Lowell] 1911 or 16
Marcia B. Dinneen writes:
As the daughter of a wealthy family, Lowell was first educated at the family home, “Sevenels” (named by her father as a reference to the seven Lowells living there), by an English governess who left her with a lifelong inability to spell. Her first poem, “Chacago,” written at age nine, is testament to this problem.
See Modern American Poetry: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/amylowell/life.htm
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Havish [Dianne Patrizzi] 8 of 2, 2009
How do I explain myself to you?
I suppose it could be said that I am a simple, ordinary woman.
An unmarried woman.
A mother of two grown children
A limner
An investor
Bringer of tea and cake, espresso and pie
Pinky
One of the many former lovers
A poetry slaughterer
Musician and seamstress
Collector of useless books that no one ever reads
Reader of useless books that no one ever collects
A plate of current fashion tripping by on high heeled ribboned shoes
Thief of Amy Lowell
Pasadena resident nonconformist
Alan Watts conformist
Grammar and spelling apologist
Name changer
and natural nobody
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