Hey All,
I came across this poem while reading Laura Purdie Salas’s children’s poetry book AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT: Poems about Space. It’s about a very cool THING.
Aiming High
Silver arrow to the skies, you’re my mighty mirrored eyes
Finding stars and Saturn’s bands, you place them gently in my hands.
Okay, so what’s that thing?
Think about it. It’ll come to you.
Laura has a few other books of children’s poetry out that are lots of fun, including:
DO BUSES EAT KIDS? Poems About School
FLASHY CLASHY OH-SO SPLASHY Poems About Color
She was our guest poetry speaker in the Craft of Children’s/YA class through the MFA program of the Whidbey Writers Workshop, and she was great! Poetry forms have always befuddled me, but between her guest presentations and A KICK IN THE HEAD: AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO POETIC FORMS by Paul B. Janeczko a whole new world (complete with singing angels, blues brothers, and pickle bucket bangers) opened up for me.
I’m still no genius poet, but I have a much greater understanding of the challenges of both forms and free verse. Pick up those books at the library or bookstore, and you will too.
The best poetry writing tip, though, is to read poetry to write a good poem. Teagan Poetry
Thanks for sharing my poem and for the nice words!