Poems to Go

Hello! Every now and then, you'll find a new starter-poem that you can finish, or some other poetry challenge on this page.

When I was little, the school year started in September. Nowadays, school schedules are staggered, and some students head back to class in August.

Either way, the new school year usually means shopping for new clothes. But humans aren't the only ones who get ready for the fall. The Earth does, too.

How does the Earth signal fall?

Wind stirs cool
blowing summer's hot air
further south.
Mama Tree slips off
her green robe,
and wraps her limbs
in gold, fire-orange,
and rich burgundy.
Old Man, Sun
hitches himself higher
in the sky,
and I lay back
on a bed of sea,
waiting for the first
migration of birds
to cruise by.

What changes in the earth do you notice at the start of school? Write a poem about it.

Later!

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