Here’s a video of Naomi Shihab Nye reciting a poem she composed using things that her young son had said. She says she didn’t make any of it up herself.
Poetry Everywhere: One Boy Told Me by Naomi Shihab Nye
Poetry Everywhere: One Boy Told Me by Naomi Shihab Nye
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At Wild Rose Reader, I have an post about letter poems that includes two of my original poems, recommendations of two children’s poetry books with letter poems, and suggestions for writing letter poems in the classroom.
This week at Political Verses, I have two new poetry posts:
Bye-bye, Bybee and Extended Engagement: A Poem by J. Patrick Lewis
Bye-bye, Bybee and Extended Engagement: A Poem by J. Patrick Lewis
Maya has the Poetry Friday Roundup at Allegro.
6 comments:
I still hear many absurd statements just like these. Now, however, they take the form of the unanswerable question. Is this just boys? I certainly hope not!
Thanks so much for sharing this.
Oh, it's so lovely to hear Naomi Shihab Nye read aloud. Thank you!
I love this! Thanks so much for posting it. I wish my toes were still dictionaries . . . :)
I love Naomi Shihab Nye! I had never read "One Boy Told." I'm so glad I came across the video last night.
Tanita, it was lovely to hear her reading her poem--especially such a humorous one.
Tricia,
It isn't just boys. I remember one of my young students sitting with a quizzical look on her face as she sat drawing a picture. A little later she came up to me and asked: "Do frogs have lips?" That's just one of many funny things I hear kids ask or say over the years. I wish I had written them all down.
Jama,
Maybe your toes still are--you've just forgotten how to use them in that way.
I love this too. She is such a great poet - and it sounds like her son got some of those genes. I try to write down what my boys say too - it's priceless.
Andi,
Nye is definitely one of my favorite poets.
Have you ever read any of Hilda Conkling's poems that were published when she was a child? (I believe she had two books of poetry published.) Her mother used to write down the things she said too. The interesting thing is that she never became an adult poet.
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