Sunday, December 7, 2008
Week 17
SUNGLASSES
by Sherryl Clark
Cool
I look cool
in these glasses
in the mirror
I am tinted
smooth
slick
My sister said
my old glasses
made me look like
a bogong moth
big black orbs
instead of eyes
Now I’m cool
lizard cool
beetle cool
cool insect
that’s me.
Sherryl says: This poem is from Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!), but the bogong moth comment was one my sister made to me! My old sunglasses were very un-cool, but then the next pair I bought got broken when I accidentally sat on them!
Poetry exercise: Is there something that makes you feel special, or different? Is it glasses, or jeans or boots? Or your favourite cap or Tshirt? Write a poem about how you feel before you put it on, and then how it makes you feel when you're wearing it.
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