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Off the Page, Poetry Gets Personal

By presenting a poem in a new medium, the poet can bend a reader’s expectations. Readers identify with poems when they feel the poet has spoken directly to them.

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“The Red Balloon”

At the beach one afternoon a child bought a red balloon. He held it tightly in his hand as he trod along the sand. The balloon stared down in dismay.

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“before bed”

we used to chase fireflies at dusk frantically running from one clear yellow glow to the next full of giddy laughs and grass-stained knees and summer.

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“Yellow Kite”

Itchy grass and buzzing bees, Sunlight sifting through the leaves. Water splashes in the fountain. Busy children build sand mountains. Birdies chirp and crickets sing.

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