Poetry Friday: Writer’s Notebook
Here’s a poem from Ralph Fletcher’s book, A Writing Kind of Day.
Writer’s Notebooks
My brother Tom says he’s a hundredaire
with two hundred fifty dollars
in his bank account.
Dad’s a thousandaire.
I gave baby Julia two pennies
so now she’s a pennyaire.
When I look at Julia
her little bald head
reminds me of the planet Earth.
I put that in my writer’s notebook
to maybe write a poem later on;
it feels like money in the bank.
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Ruth Ayres View All
Unhurried. Finding the magic in the middle of living. Capturing a life of ridiculous grace + raw stories.
I agree that journal entries can also lead to inspiring future works!
Happy writing!
Diana Raab
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Ralph Fletcher is great, isn’t he!?
He has so many good ideas about writing and notebooks and I love how the kids can really relate to what he says and understand what he wants them to be able to do…
I know that feeling of “money in the bank” and it’s a great feeling!
~Melissa 🙂
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