Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Billy Collins

I love this poem. What do you think?

Some Days
Some days I put the people in their places at the table,bend their legs at the knees,if they come with that feature,and fix them into the tiny wooden chairs.All afternoon they face one another,the man in the brown suit,the woman in the blue dress,perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved.But other days, I am the onewho is lifted up by the ribs,then lowered into the dining room of a dollhouseto sit with the others at the long table.Very funny,but how would you like itif you never knew from one day to the nextif you were going to spend itstriding around like a vivid god,your shoulders in the clouds,or sitting down there amidst the wallpaper,staring straight ahead with your little plastic face?





which one to use?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow...I think I liked the first poem better, but I like the animation of the second video. That wasn't much help, I realize! What a great way to teach poetry (I wish we had this back when I was in school!!!!). This is great!