Amazing Face
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Amazing, your face.
Amazing.
It shows there will be trails to follow,
porches to wave from, wonder from,
play on.
It shows you will sail ships,
paint stars,
carve pumpkins,
hours,
years.
You will climb stalks,
greet giants,
crawl before you walk.
And you will fly.
And you will fall.
And you will fly again.
Amazing, your face.
It shows you will watch from a window,
whisper to a friend,
ride a carousel,
melt candy on your tongue.
Amazing, your face.
Amazing.
(used with permission of the author)
What a privilege it is to learn alongside these amazing faces, even when everything is not sunshine and roses.
Laura Purdie Salas has today's Poetry Friday Roundup. She is encouraging everyone to write an equation poem to celebrate the release of her new book, Snowman - Cold = Puddle (which was our story for the last few days, but Winter has roared back in with sub-freezing weather again today).
Here's my equation. It's a pair of equivalent fractions made by multiplying the first fraction by elitism / elitism.
Classroom / Cliques = USA / Bipartisanism
