Writing Marathon
Writing in the outdoor amphitheater |
Joy is…
watching
sixth graders
write
create
relax
observe
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Our field trip included a writing marathon.
The students
walked around and
wrote
Some wrote poetry,
some wrote stories,
some wrote about what they want to be when they grow up,
some wrote lists,
some wrote comics…they all wrote.
Students
wrote in different
spots
some wrote on a basketball court
some wrote in a tunnel
some wrote sitting next to a brook
some wrote in a football stadium
some wrote in a library
some wrote in a cemetery…they all wrote.
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I wrote this poem while we sat in an underpass…
Blue lights
stand watch
footsteps echo
twenty steps (I counted)
connect
one side
to
another
Runners
Saunter-ers
Laughers
They walk
they look
they smile
and
they wonder…
What are they doing?
But no one asks
because
writers are observers
recording life around us
in our
notebooks
with our
pens
and our imaginations…
©2014 Michelle Haseltine
All Rights Reserved