Poetry Tweets!

         As we wrap up April and National Poetry Month, I wanted to share the great poetry tweets that the kids who participated in the poetry workshops created.  When they shared these with family and friends in an evening presentation at the library, the audience enthusiastically snapped their fingers (applause at a poetry slam is not clapping but snapping!). 

People are like snowflakes.  Not one of them is the same.  So never, ever, ever let the world change you.  How about you change the world?          Zoe

Drawing.  Line sliding, turning, starting, stopping.  “Needs more ,” I say.  More painting.  Brush strokes, starting, stopping.  A new day.          Maddie

Time to go.  Running home.  In the dusty sky, stars flying by, moon glowing as much as the wonder in my eyes.          Cameron

With every moment more heat.  I can hear the beat of my heart.  Wonder who is sharing the earth with me, who is hidden in the shadows.  Scared.          Cameron

A flower stands in a field, weathering the storm.  The beauty will never yield.  This flower will always stand.      Max

Kids run, balloons in their hands.  They lose their grasp.  Balloons float away.   Tears. Balloons float peacefully up in the air into outer space. POP!            Sasha

The sun shining, wind blowing.  I go to my house with something to say.  “Let’s go outside.  It’s a beautiful day.  Let’s go play.”                  Dyllan

Scared.  Scared as shadows move under the stars and moon.  The wind blows peacefully through the trees.  Chilling my heart with fear.  Scared.          Sarah

Writing.  Flowing, cascading, rushing like a river.  The words pour out of my pen link a fountain.  What is my story?  I don’t even know.         Elizabeth

Making dinner again. My family is lazy.  Doing chores stinks.  Can’t text right now.  Wish my family would get up and do something, too.          Maya

         Bravo to Scarborough Public Library’s young poets!  I am already looking forward to next April when the library again will host poetry workshops and presentations.

Happy reading (and tweeting),
Connie

Six-Word Memoirs!

          I hope you enjoyed seeing the Book Spine Poems in the last blog post.  I want to share with you the second creative writing we worked on in the Sweet Tweets Poetry workshops: Six-Word Memoirs.  You can find lots more examples of these online, too. The idea is  to say something about yourself in exactly six words. 
   
Clicks.  Popular.  Mean.  Not for me.   (Sarah)

Without Lego, life has no meaning.   (Max)

Disney is my life and future.     (Dyllan)

Writing is flowing lines for reading.   (Maddie)

Anime isn’t weird.  You’re too normal.   (Sasha)

Never found the lion.  Which wardrobe?   (Cameron)

Photography is my way of speaking.   (Cameron)

What is music?  My entire world.   (Zoe)

Writing just happens.  Don’t rush it.    (Elizabeth)

I’m not weird.  I’m “limited edition.”   (Maya)

          Try writing your own Six-Word Memoir and post it as a comment on the blog!

Happy writing and reading,
Connie

April is National Poetry Month!

And we have been celebrating in the Youth Services Room!  A group of young poets attended two after-school poetry workshops.  They had a lot of fun creating poems from book spines.  Here are some examples of their Book Spine Poetry:

       They also created Six-Word Memoirs (describing something about themselves in exactly six words) and Poetry Tweets (writing a poem using only 140 characters or less, like a tweet).  I'll share some examples of these in the next blog post, after you've had a chance to hear the poets speak their words!

       Come to the library this Wednesday, April 10th, from 6:30-7:30 when the young poets will share their poems.  You are invited to share your poetry, too!  So bring a friend and be at the Youth Services Room on Wednesday.

Connie