I need a good, fairly short poem to read to a 6th grade class!. Anything but Shel Silverstein! They can have a fairly difficult meaning, but not to hard to understand!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Poem by Patrick Kavanagh whose father died when he was young, he wonders about old men he sees and wonders would his father have been like that in old age Memory of my Father Every old man I see Reminds me of my father When he had fallen in love with death One time when sheaves were gathered!. That man I saw in Gardner Street Stumbled on the kerb was one, He stared at me half-eyed, I might have been his son!. And I remember the musician Faltering over his fiddle In Bayswater, London, He too set me the riddle!. Every old man I see In October-coloured weather Seems to say to me: "I was once your father!." Patrick KavanaghWww@QuestionHome@Com i rmember when i was in school and thought i really knew what a poem wasWww@QuestionHome@Com Sonnet - Silence by: Edgar Allen Poe There are some qualities- some incorporate things, That have a double life, which thus is made A type of that twin entity which springs From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade!. There is a two-fold Silence- sea and shore- Body and soul!. One dwells in lonely places, Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces, Some human memories and tearful lore, Render him terrorless: his name's "No More!." He is the corporate Silence: dread him not! No power hath he of evil in himself; But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!) Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf, That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!Www@QuestionHome@Com not short, but one good for a 6th grade class!.!.!.!. dreams by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer What do you want to be!? adults always ask, as if you know by fourteen what you want to be doing at forty-five!. I used to make up stuff: firewoman, pediatrician, astronaut, all the people I knew my mom wanted to hear!. I know more what I don’t want to be: a single parent, poor, stuck behind some desk or in school longer than I need to go!. And that will have to be enough for now!. Changing Classes by Kristin O'Connell George As soon as the bell rings, students pour out the doors, surging down the halls shoving, jostling, dodging, in a roar of voices!. Pushing forward, I weave in, out, and among a thousand others, feeling as if I'm swimming upstream!. Which Lunch Table!? by Kristin O'Connell George Where do I sit!? All my friends from last year have changed; my world is f r a c t u r e d l o p s i d e d r e a r r a n g e d!. Where do I fit!? Nothing is clear!. Can already tell this will be a jigsaw year!. I've posted a few links for you, maybe you'll find one there that suits!. Good Luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com before i forget how i feel i want to see you kneel so if a future you want now i ask howWww@QuestionHome@Com |