Thursday, January 27, 2005

Homework

One of Billy’s assignments was to write down twenty “I” statements of what you did during a day. Here are mine from the conference

I laughed
I never apologized
I missed my children once
I lied about missing my children once
I opened my hands
I told myself I was a door, then a jar
I wondered about the right way
I stopped trying to be funny
I was funny
I drank beautiful things
I fingered a lime
I talked about high heels
I saw my daughter in the face of an old woman
I felt the need to protect
I walked away
I tucked grass in my pocket
I slept with my eyes open
I got lost
I was late
I found my way

1 comment:

Peter said...

Hi Teresa:
This is great. I love list poems. I think I'll steal this exercise to use with students.
Peter