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Easy points....find me a short poem on this website?

i`m in 8th grade and we are learning about poems, and my teacher wants us to find at least 2 poems on poetryoutloud.org (i have to memorize them) i couldn`t find any short ones...i am really nervous, can someone help me find 2 short poems on that web site please?

www.poetryoutloud.org


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

this one looks easy...
Winter

By Marie Ponsot


I don??t know what to say to you, neighbor,
as you shovel snow from your part of our street
neat in your Greek black. I??ve waited for
chance to find words; now, by chance, we meet.


We took our boys to the same kindergarten,
thirteen years ago when our husbands went.
Both boys hated school, dropped out feral, dropped in
to separate troubles. You shift snow fast, back bent,
but your boy killed himself, six days dead.


My boy washed your wall when the police were done.
He says, ??We weren??t friends??? and shakes his head,
??I told him it was great he had that gun,??
and shakes. I shake, close to you, close to you.
You have a path to clear, and so you do.