"This Talented First Grader Just Wrote a Better Poem Than You Ever Could."

May 2nd, 2014 at 8:39:44 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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We did the soft wind.
We danst slowly. We swrld
Aroned. We danst soft.
We lisin to the mozik.
We danst to the mozik.
We made personal space.

This poem received endorsement of several high-profile writers and critics, including Michael Dumanis, a literature and poetry writing professor at Bennington College in Vermont. "I loved it!" Dumanis said about the poem. "It captured the truth about personal space. The misspellings make it more primal and deliberate. At the end there's an epiphany about dancing and what that means."

NPR's radio show "Studio 360" shared it with listeners and called the poem its favorite poem of National Poetry Month.

The author is still unknown
May 2nd, 2014 at 12:26:59 PM permalink
DJTeddyBear
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I realize that poems don't have to rhyme, but really? THAT'S the best they got?
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May 2nd, 2014 at 12:41:27 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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I kind of like this first grader's poem.
May 2nd, 2014 at 1:30:47 PM permalink
DJTeddyBear
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At least that sounds like a poem that a first grader would write - and has a cuteness factor...
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May 2nd, 2014 at 9:08:54 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Who teaches a 1st grader about "personal space"?