Some of My Favorite Poetry

In creative writing we do lots of creative thinking, hence the word creative. This last week we're finding poems to inspire our minds for a couple of our poems.

Trees

by Joyce Kilmer


I think that i shall never see

A poem as lovely as a tree.


A tree whose hungry mouth is prest,

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;


A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;


A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;


Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimatley lives with rain.


Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.


Fat Is Not A Fairy Tale

by Jane Yolen

I'm thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic,wasp-wasted,
flinging herself down the stairs.

I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.

I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.