The 21st of May found all our SNAP friends gathered at the Locust Lane building for a rip-roaring poetry night. It turns out that everyone loves poetry of some sort and everyone was engaged and entertained -- almost rolling on the floor in some cases. Brother Burns gave us an introduction to poetry and basic poetry forms. Brother and Sister Taylor read some nursery rhymes and told the sometimes horrifying stories behind them. Brother and Sister Santiago and Brother and Sister Wride shared some poetry. And the Leishmans, the Geurts, and Sister Burns also entertained us with some more poetry. And at the end of the evening, we each got to write poems of our own and some of us read them to the group in our "poetry cafe."
An evening of poetry
Brother Burns makes us laugh
Everyone wanted to talk about poems the liked; this particular story involved jelly beans in the nose
The Taylors told us about the plague and rosy-ring rashes
Mary Mary was quite contrary so she killed the English Protestants
Sister Wride shared a patriotic poem
Momma doesn't want a dog
Cinderella isn't so interested in the prince and will just give the glass slipper back
Sister Leishman is being eaten by boa constrictor
Pretty darned funny
Sister Geurts is pushing a swing in her poem
In this poem someone got kissed!
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she'll die!
Now you repeat your part
No writers block here
Pick up those pencils and let the words just flow
Posers!
Poets at work, do not disturb!
These are going to be good!
These lovely ladies are seeing who all is present
A Titanic-themed poem was first up in our Poetry Cafe
A poem about a SNAP buddy
Some poems were of the romantic kind
Some of these could be for Valentines
A poem about a friend who just happens to be a boy
One more about a guy
Some of the poems were more spiritual in nature
This was spiritual, too
Such excitement
We were poets and we didn't even know it
This one included some wild animal sounds
An impromptu tribute to mom
An ode to dolls
The final poem of the evening
This was an absolutely great activity! Thanks to all the adult leaders and SNAP poets for making it so much fun.