Poetry for kicks

We are smack dab in the middle of our poetry unit here in the sixth grade. This means I get to write poetry as examples. YAY! Today was free verse poetry. The biggest thing I struggle with sixth graders is that, after harping at them all year to write in complete sentences, we get to poetry and they can't stop writing in complete sentences. So I made an example free verse poem and of course, guess what was on my mind:

"Waiting"

Waiting

Boxes on the calendar

Cross off one

Two

Three

And on

No baby

Night checks

Bundle up

Trudge

Snow

Mud

Back to sleep

No baby

Cleaning stalls

Check the mare

Wax?

No

Not yet

Still none

No baby

Groans

Not me, it's her

Huge

Slow

Dragging

Still waiting

No baby

How many days?

check the calendar

350

353

359

Need sleep

No baby

Oh no!

I forgot

alarm

not

set

Guess what?

Baby!