Poetry Friday: Michigan Sahara (by Lisa Westberg Peters)

My Thanksgiving went MUCH better than expected yesterday, and we all had a really fun day. Yea!

I wanted to find a poem that had a surprise in it for today, since yesterday was a lovely surprise, and I wanted it to be a kids’ poem. In one of my favorite collections, Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up, by Lisa Westberg Peters, I came across this poem.

Michigan Sahara

Sand dunes
in Michigan
are a pretend trip
to the Sahara.

When we empty
the pockets of
our jeans,
out spill
camels,
desert palms,
and scorpions.

I love this poem and its reminder that with an open mind and a healthy sense of play, we can discover palm trees in our pockets.

For some fun cross-curricular activities related to this book, click here and go to page 58.

Lisa Chellman has the Poetry Friday roundup today.

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