A Visit from A Poetry Expert

Over the past three weeks we have been learning a lot about poetry. We have written many poems and are in our final stages of publishing our very own Second Grade Anthology. We are very excited!

Last week we had the chance to listen to Sylvie's dad, Anselm Berrigan, read some of his published poetry. What a treat!

Anselm showed us that poetry can be written in various
shapes to complement the topic of the poem. One poem that he
wrote about the moon is written in a circular direction
just like the surface of the moon. He added the
print to his tote bag!

Some poems can be so small they fit on a tiny book. Poems
can even be made into baseball cards with the poet's picture on 
one side and their poem on the other!

Poems can be co-written with someone you love.