MODULE 4—POETRY BREAK—SPRING-A POEM ABOUT THE SEASON OF SPRING

MODULE 4—POETRY BREAK—SPRING-A POEM ABOUT THE SEASON OF SPRING


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fletcher, Ralph. 1997. ORDINARY THINGS—POEMS FROM A WALK IN EARLY SPRING. Drawings by Walter Lyon Krudop.
New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0689810350


INTRODUCTION
If at all possible read this poem outside so that the students can observe Mother Nature while listening and enjoying this poem.





birds’ nest (Note: The title is written as Fletcher has done)


You see birds’ nests
like unpicked fruit
in branches bare
of any leaves.

When I was small
Grandma cut my hair
and tossed the clumps
onto our lawn.

“Birds will use it
to line their nests
and keep the eggs
safe and warm.”

An amazing thing:
my ordinary hair
woven into a bird’s
wild tapestry.



EXTENSIONS

While outside after reading the poem look for birds’ nests and observe what the birds have used for building material(s)


Read other books by Fletcher which include but are not limited to:

POETRY MATTERS: WRITING A POEM FROM THE INSIDE OUT. 2002.
New York: Harper Collins ISBN 0380797038

TWILIGHT COMES TWICE. 1997. New York: Clarion ISBN 0395848261

HELLO, HARVEST MOON. 2003. New York: Clarion ISBN 0618164510