Poetry in the Present... Voices from the Past

At Lafayette School, our annual Poetry Parade is in full swing! We're reading and writing poems, sharing them with friends and family. Sometimes, we find inspiration in history and cultural tradition.  Here's a Lafayette Original celebrating a modern international sporting event evolved from games held in ancient Olympia, Greece:

Olympics

by Kaleigh C.

Work hard

All the time

You'll get the gold

And always shine

You're always first

You're never last

Otherwise

You won't be fast

You're standing there

Tall and strong

While the crowd is chanting

Number 

One

Let's take a look at a Lafayette Original created by Rory and Sam, inspired by an important historical and cultural event.  Passover commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt:

Check it out in the LMC: Hand in Hand: An American History through Poetry presents illustrated poems detailing lives and events that shaped our nation's story.  Here's a poem featuring a Revolutionary War patriot with a famous signature:

John Hancock

"There,"
he said,
signing 
his name

BIG,

BOLD,

FAT.

"King George

won't need

spectacles

to see

that!

He can read

it from here

to his

British clock,"

proclaimed

the rebellious

John Hancock.

--Lee Bennett Hopkins