Learning Poems by Heart....

We have challenged the students to learn a poem by heart by this Friday. We hope they will commit many poems to heart over the coming weeks.

 

How To Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam

Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
            may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, wherever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.