My little girl's trip

katepoet · 10-16-2007, 12:02 PM

I'm glad she had such a good time! Ask her to write a poem about her favorite thing there.

Katlyn's grandmother, a friend of my friend, was going through her fight against breast cancer and heading for surgery when she brought Katlyn to a poetry workshop for kids at the tea shop. Here's the poem I wrote after Katlyn blew me away with her poems!

To Katlyn and her grandmother, Nanny

Katlyn

Studies Show that Acts of Kindness Benefit the Donor Just as Much as the Recipient

When arriving at Tea Tyme for a children's writing workshop
I find that only one child has arrived ahead of me, a girl of seven years
wearing a black-on-black jaguar-patterned jacket and black jeans;
her pretty brown hair frames bright eyes that spark and glow.

She is a gift who leaps into the unknown as if it were birthday cake─
colorful, lit with swirled candles, and obviously delicious.
Before the hour is over she draws pictures, writes two poems─
produces more than many adults who might have been there

Saying "Oh, no. I can't write. I can't draw." But she, who has set no limits
on herself, no strictures requiring some unreachable standard of creativity,
has created "Snowball," a poem about a bobble-headed cat
and a glorious piece about flying fast as a faerie, vanishing before our eyes.

Delighted, I am blessed to have been the recipient of her gift,
allowed to be the hand that struck the match that lit the candles,
the kitchen help who mixed the batter, poured it into oiled stainless steel,
tucked the batter-filled pan into the oven to watch it rise into a golden cake!

DianaB · 10-17-2007, 09:36 AM

That's really good, Kate!!!

katepoet · 10-17-2007, 10:40 AM

Thanks, Diana. I find writing poems helps me get through life at this point - I only started a couple of years ago and have really loved it.

AngieDoogles · 10-17-2007, 06:46 PM

Wow, that was beautiful Kate!

katepoet · 10-17-2007, 06:51 PM

I wish I had the poems Katlyn wrote but she took them home with her and Nanny. By the by - Nanny did just fine, recovered from the surgery she had to have after the chemo and is still getting on! Hope springs eternal!

AngieDoogles · 10-17-2007, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by katepoet

I wish I had the poems Katlyn wrote but she took them home with her and Nanny. By the by - Nanny did just fine, recovered from the surgery she had to have after the chemo and is still getting on! Hope springs eternal!

I'm sure Mom will have the same outcome! She's strong and amazing and ready to fight this till it's completely gone! She's pretty awesome.

katepoet · 10-17-2007, 07:03 PM

Knowing you, I hold her in high respect! She must be a strong and loving woman - just the kind of person who will come through with flying colors!

10-17-2007, 09:36 AM	#2
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	That's really good, Kate!!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

10-17-2007, 06:46 PM	#4
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Wow, that was beautiful Kate! __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

10-16-2007, 12:02 PM	#1
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	I'm glad she had such a good time! Ask her to write a poem about her favorite thing there. Katlyn's grandmother, a friend of my friend, was going through her fight against breast cancer and heading for surgery when she brought Katlyn to a poetry workshop for kids at the tea shop. Here's the poem I wrote after Katlyn blew me away with her poems! To Katlyn and her grandmother, Nanny Katlyn Studies Show that Acts of Kindness Benefit the Donor Just as Much as the Recipient When arriving at Tea Tyme for a children's writing workshop I find that only one child has arrived ahead of me, a girl of seven years wearing a black-on-black jaguar-patterned jacket and black jeans; her pretty brown hair frames bright eyes that spark and glow. She is a gift who leaps into the unknown as if it were birthday cake─ colorful, lit with swirled candles, and obviously delicious. Before the hour is over she draws pictures, writes two poems─ produces more than many adults who might have been there Saying "Oh, no. I can't write. I can't draw." But she, who has set no limits on herself, no strictures requiring some unreachable standard of creativity, has created "Snowball," a poem about a bobble-headed cat and a glorious piece about flying fast as a faerie, vanishing before our eyes. Delighted, I am blessed to have been the recipient of her gift, allowed to be the hand that struck the match that lit the candles, the kitchen help who mixed the batter, poured it into oiled stainless steel, tucked the batter-filled pan into the oven to watch it rise into a golden cake!

10-17-2007, 10:40 AM	#3
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	Thanks, Diana. I find writing poems helps me get through life at this point - I only started a couple of years ago and have really loved it.

10-17-2007, 06:51 PM	#5
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	I wish I had the poems Katlyn wrote but she took them home with her and Nanny. By the by - Nanny did just fine, recovered from the surgery she had to have after the chemo and is still getting on! Hope springs eternal!

10-17-2007, 07:03 PM	#7
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	Knowing you, I hold her in high respect! She must be a strong and loving woman - just the kind of person who will come through with flying colors!

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