Deep Thoughts, by Rilla
January 21, 2011 @ 7:31 am | Filed under: Poetry
A poem by Rilla, age 4 1/2.
Cup
Cup
can
drink
out
of
there
self
That is to say, “Cup can drink out of itself.” Got a bit of a zen-riddle quality, doesn’t it? Even more so, in the multicolor crayoned original.
Today is Poetry Friday. Rilla was inspired to write a poem (this was one day last week) after Rose and Beanie and I had made one of our frequent visits to The Poem Farm. Amy’s funny, fresh, thoughtful verses make you want to start playing with words yourself.
Today is also the Feast of St. Agnes—which, falling on a Friday, kind of begs a reading of Keats’s “The Eve of St. Agnes,” doesn’t it?
This week’s Poetry Friday roundup an be found at A Teaching Life.
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tanita says:
There is a possibility that hands can also hold themselves.
::nods sagely and feels very Zen::
On January 21, 2011 at 7:34 am
sarah says:
Love it.
On January 21, 2011 at 11:00 am
Carlie says:
She made me smile, and so did you. š Wish we could have seen a shot of the “crayoned original” as you described.
Have to go look up St. Agnes now. I have always loved her name.
On January 21, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Zoe says:
Hi There (;
I really enjoyed the Martha series and was wondering if you had any plans to write some more books for the series?
I would love to read one about how she moves to america and marries lewis tucker.
Thanks, and what a cute poem ^^
On January 21, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Mary Lee says:
Poet
can
see
world
in
a
cup
Why am I not surprised that there is a 4.5 year-old poet in The Bonny Glen??
On January 22, 2011 at 8:04 am