dark, darker, darkest
those moments just before dawn
wren sings from the fence
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021
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Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers, National Geographic's The Poetry of US, and IMPERFECT: Poems About Mistakes.
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Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years.
Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), and Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic).
Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers, National Geographic's The Poetry of US, and IMPERFECT: Poems About Mistakes.
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Love this, Mary Lee! I have a wren who sings in the morning for me, too.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, friend. Thinking of you this April, in the middle of haiku season as you wrap up your many, many years of teaching...
ReplyDeleteMary Lee, thank you for the picture you've painted with these words!
ReplyDelete(Maybe I've figured out my commenting issues.)
Someone's been singing before dawn here too, but I can't tell who...
ReplyDeleteMoments just before dawn - words that can be about so much more. I have birds singing too.
ReplyDeleteI love the first line. You've inspired me to think about adjective inflections to begin a poem.
ReplyDeleteLots of birdsong here too. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThose moments before dawn can be so dark. Birdsong gives us hope!
ReplyDeleteThe early morning hours hold such sweet songs and thoughts. Thanks for sharing what your wren brought to your heart.
ReplyDeleteWe have a line of evergreens beside our house, and birds love them. We are serenaded quite often in the dark mornings. I love your project - I tried doing this at the beginning of the school, thinking I could capture our days. I am sure you will be much more successful than I was!!!
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