Animal Poem inspired
by the Classroom
Poetry Guide:
(from the Anthology)
The Bear
I am a Black Bear.
I see the river rapidly rushing
though the valley.
I feel the tall grass
rubbing against my paws.
I hear the nighthawk crying.
I smell dinner awaiting.
I want to tell you that my soul
is in your hands.
-- Vincent, 4th grade
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Inspirational Guide for a New Language:
Classroom Poetry Guide
About the Guide | Introduction by Terri Glass | Overview | Contents
Program Introduction | Excerpt from Lesson Plan One
Excerpt from Lesson Plan One
Animal Wisdom: Personifying an Animal Using the Five Senses
Imagine looking into the eyes of your favorite animal. You can experience anything that animal has known and experienced. Imagine it can help you communicate with other plants and animals. What wisdom does that animal give you? What does it say to other plants and animals?
LESSON PLAN:
This Animal Wisdom lesson begins by reading the example poem, then moves to visualization and explanation of the poetic tools.
Read aloud the example poem below. Invite the children into a discussion of what it might feel like if they could enter the secret world of any animal they see or imagine.
| The Fox Path
I want to follow the fox path
and enter a different world;
become swift, light footed
wear an outrageous fur coat
aim like an arrow
toward my earthen home
dream fox dreams
in my hidden den
slip into the womb
of hibernation,
melodic and serene
and always in tune
to the perfect hues of spring.
I want to follow the fox path --
the unknown beckoning;
the ancient world of smell,
the true field of touch --
paw to ground, nose to wind
fur radiating out
north, south, east and west.
I want to follow the fox path
and forget my humanness.
I want to follow the fox path
every morning I awake.
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