RIBBITS – Class Poem

This year I’m leaping back into classroom teaching, working part-time in a Year 3 room. My first (gorgeous!) class was a straight Year 3 (everything else has been multi-age) so I’m really looking forward to the year.

Sadly, this is the only poem I’ve written this week, in my Month of Poetry. We’ve had an intensive pupil-free week of extended days jam-packed with meetings and workshops… followed up by planning and prep. BUT… I am still ahead on my ‘count’, based on those poetry collections that I wrote earlier in the month. Maybe this weekend I can get back into that verse novel, and roll some poems out.

Tara has the Poetry Friday round-up this week at A Teaching Life, so skip across and check out all the great links. Thanks, Tara!

PS – Since posting this, I’m reminded (via Catherine’s post) of a second poem I wrote this week… about nothing. Perhaps that’s why I couldn’t remember it? The poem was as a result of a challenge on Michelle’s blog. I probably should share it…

Nothing

I’ve nothing to write
and nothing to say
because nothing has happened
tonight or today.
Nothing is planned
and nothing is new,
so nothing is what
I am going to do.
So take nothing from me;
I’ve nothing to give.
Nothing is wrong –
nothing’s left to forgive.

© Kathryn Apel 2016

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