School Daze


from the ABC set Written in Australia

butterfly jumper
thai yellow shoes

rhythm and rhyme
gave us the clues

words with a reason
passionate hues

snapshots of feeling
images in blue

it takes real talent
possessed by so few

to write something cool
in a couplet or two

or a japanese tanka
french cinquain or haiku

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2008

NOTE: I was one of the Visiting Poets for high schools during National Poetry Week 2008.

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