DUST OF SNOW
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Afterward, students wrote in their journals describing an important or dramatic event in their lives. I wrote one myself, and then modeled editing it down to lines of poetry. Tomorrow, students will do the same, rewrite the story as a poem, do another brief edit for mechanics and meaning, then rewrite and hand in. (This may have to be finished after break.)
