First Person in 2018

Today we were prompted to look at a poem we’ve written and write it a new way in forms of first person.  Because of time constraints, I read a TMJ4 report “50 Miles March Ends in Janesville with Rally for Reform Students Across the State Participated” by Laure Winfrey (3/28/18.3/2918), found quotes by marchers, and used them to write haiku-like stanzas.

 

First Person 2018

 

I wanted change made . . .

Black children been dying for 

Years—gun violence

 

One of the dozens . . .

Kids hurting but still going

Civil rights leaders

 

The “50 Miles More” . . .

Movement inspired by Sixties

Message is mighty

 

Though decades later . . .

Motives may be different

We marched 50 miles

 

Forty of us came . . .

We raised our voice—people heard

Around the nation

 

Now children challenge . . .

Across the country join in

The 50 Miles More

 

K. Dorholt

4/2/18 NaPoWriMo