Poetry and Process – Springdale School Student Work Last spring I worked with 5th graders in Stamford, CT. The students were learning about the human body, so we experimented with several poetic forms, using the human body as our inspiration. Ode to My Jaw Jaw bone oh jaw bone, without you I couldn’t taste, taste the chips in my cookies. You are white, white like a pearl shining, shining like the yellow sun, keeping me warm. You let me chew like the wind, as fast as a cheetah and as quiet as a blink of the eye. You are like a rhinoceros surrounded by a skull, the skull of life. by Kieran gr. 5 Prayer to My Feet You help me to walk to my granny’s house so I can eat her chewy cookies. You are the best. I will take care of you no matter what. I will put you in agua caliente so you will stay nice and warm. I will put you in gorro guantes so you won’t be cold. You smell as good as las galletas de mi mama. I love you so much. by Mefi gr. 5 Ode to My Nose The Lord installed you, nose, He made you shiny and round, you’re able to sniff out the scent of a cookie miles away. How could I live without you, with your wonderful sense of smell, so perfect and so smooth. Despite the fact that you are first to go and catch a cold, I’ll always think of you, when I stop to smell a daisy. You are like the moon, on a gorgeous summer sunset. Or the silver stars with gorgeous sparkles, or little black sunglasses so polished and so clean, with one little black beauty mark. Always will I remember you, when I stop to smell a daisy. by Miyuki gr. 5   Thanks to the Silvermine Guild for their support.