Self-Reflection

     In my teaching years, I've mostly worked with early adolescents, and one of the important parts of their lives is working out exactly who they are, who they want to be like, why they want to be like that, how does it work being that way, etc.  We had many discussions about choices and choices and even more choices.  Making good decisions for self is an important concept to consider all of one's life, and learning that one does have the power to make decisions for oneself is an epiphany for some.

Taking Some Care

Here's a question

meant for all:

Although posed

self-consciously.

Cannot I ever just be

the me 

I would rather see

than she seen by all others

surrounding 

me?  

    Also, be sure to check on the Poetry Tag Group shown at the right!  And check on Jama Rattigan's blog post at Jama's Alphabet Soup  to discover so many Poetry sites in the kidlitosphere doing wonderful things!  Cathy, at Merely Day By Day, is joining Mary Lee, at A Year of Reading in a poem a day this month. Other daily poem writers include Amy at The Poem Farm, and Donna at Mainely Write.