Poet Visit

 Ann Arbor poet and teacher, Jeff Kass, came to visit the 1st and 2nd graders.  We heard one of his poems during our last poetry workshop.  

Jeff read/performed several of his poems.  

Then Jeff challenged the group to write their own poems.  The poems were to be about a sound.  First, we made a list of sounds, then Jeff had us all close our eyes and think of a sound.  Then he told us to imagine what it would be like to go inside the sound.  Consider how it would smell, feel, what color the sound would be.  When eyes were opened, the writing began.

A big thank you to Amy Kulper and Christine Hume for arranging for Jeff Kass's visit,  and to Jeff Kass for working us into his already busy day.

Here are a few poems:

Explosion

Red, yellow,

BOOM, BOOM

And

By Bora

Laugh

Colorful, joyful

Laughing, running, jumping

Laughter spreading everywhere

Nice

By Iris

Explosion

In a

Explosion

I smell

Smoke

I see

Fire, I

Hear a

Boom

By Eli

Inside of roar,

There is a lion a nice one.

I hear a growl.

It is fun. 

I see blue.

I smell honey.

I taste cookies.

I feel something furry.

I like it in roar

But it is time to go.

bye!

See you next time,

Lion!

By Sophie