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Some Things Never Change Building Building Click the arrow to hear me read this poem to you.

Students - I got the idea for today's poem from an assignment!  Sometimes here in the blogosphere, people share ideas of things to try.  This week at Connecting the Dots, David Harrison  guests who propose writing things-to-try.  Well, earlier this week, J. Patrick Lewis introduced the idea of "careerhymes."  To write one, you simply think of a career and write a light poem about it, including the name of the job in the first line of your poem.  There are many examples over at Connecting the Dots, including one I wrote about a dog walker.  But after reading so many and looking at the piles of snow around here, I wanted to write another.

Do you ever think about what grownups used to be like?  That's what was fun for me with this poem.  First, I wrote the first stanza...but then, I just needed to keep going.  The idea of a snow plow driver as a young boy got into my head, and I imagined him building, building, even then.

I am very very happy to welcome Amy Zimmer Merrill to Sharing Our Notebooks this week.  If you love notebooks...you will adore her post and lovely giveaway.  Please share this one with your notebook-keeping students.  It's always inspiring to peek into the notebooks of others, and Amy makes me want to grab my glue stick and go to town!

Happy happy birthday to No Water River!  Renee is celebrating her glorious blog's birthday today as hostess of Poetry Friday!  Head on over to see some funny bloopers, catch her spirited joy, and visit all of this week's poetic offerings. Labels: 'Careerhymes', Audio Recording of Poetry, David Harrison, J. Patrick Lewis, Poems about Professions, sketch, Writing Ideas Matt Forrest Esenwine said...

Wow! I like your poem, but what a coincidence - I just wrote a snowplow driver Careerhyme over at David Harrison's blog minutes ago! Great minds, y'know...

January 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM jama said...

Adorable poem, love the pillowed roads :). Such fun seeing everyone's careerhymes.

January 11, 2013 at 1:21 PM 
Great careerhyme poem! Reminds me of the years I spent in Madison, WI - I honestly don't miss the snow. Thanks so much for sharing. =)

January 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM Linda at teacherdance said...

the images are wonderful, Amy, like 'winter's gown". I never imagined a snowplow driver to have such a romantic career before. Terrific that you carried that 'assignment' even further. It was fun, wasn't it?

January 11, 2013 at 7:33 PM BJ Lee said...

I'm glad you gave the back-story in the second Stanza! Wonderful poem, Amy!

January 12, 2013 at 2:39 AM 
I too love the imagery in this poem, "pillowed...lacy...gown." Beautiful words that soften the whole stanza. Lovely.

January 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM 
LOVE it! (especially how you end sentences in the middle of lines instead of the ends)

I've been thinking about those mountains of snow (now shrinking in our 50-60s)...they might melt before I get to poemize them!

January 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM 
I love this. I often tell my husband that he is JUST like our son, only bigger. I love how the driver in the poem has found a way to preserve his little kid self. :-)

January 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM skanny17 said...

Love your poem, Amy! I,too, love the pillowed snow and turning our flakes into castles.

January 12, 2013 at 10:10 PM Tara @ A Teaching Life said...

There is such delicacy in that first stanza - and what a concept: careerhyme poems!

January 12, 2013 at 11:24 PM 2nd Grade said...

Dear Mrs. VanDerwater,
We just read the poem Some Things Never Change about someone who liked building sandcastles as a young boy and now likes to make piles of snow as a snow plow driver.We are going to start learning about careers after our February break. We will be trying some "careerhymes" for that unit!
Thank you for the idea.
Mrs. Luft's 2nd Grade class

January 15, 2013 at 9:40 AM