Work

Sometimes I jump in my car
and head off to a school
with my poetry books and guitar.

As a rule
I have a fantastic time.

I perform some of my poems.
Then we write poems that rhyme
and poems that don’t
and some poems that are songs.

Children work in pairs
or small groups
or alone.

We get together near the end of the day
and the young poets perform their fresh new poems
with a partner or several friends
or on their own.

I’m told such a day gives them a break
from their usual lessons.

Then I go home
and count my blessings.

Not a tough job
but someone has to do it.


Tough?