Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Mittens: A Slice of Life

Writing teachers need to write themselves.
I am participating in the Slice of Life 2015 Challenge, 
where I attempt to write stories and narratives about moments in my life.
I apologize if this blog post veers off the informative "literacy lens" I usually write through.
This month I am pretending to be a writer, for my students' benefit (and my own).
Writers write. 
#SOL15

A slice inspired by a laundry basket.


Patterns of all kinds!

Stars of orange, yellow and blue
Dinosaur footprints from an old zoo?
A robot going beep beep beep
Skulls that have no bottom teeth.
Stripes in blue, green and white
Near solids with fingers
It's quite a mismatched sight!
Plain green with a blue stripe
Solid navy, too.
Mittens with no pairs
This mom says, "No fair!"

A basket full of singles.
No longer will they mingle...
No matter how many mittens were sold, 
Little fingers might get really cold.

But wait...
Spring might finally take hold!



2 comments:

  1. This is really sweet - definitely gives a slice of life. So THIS is how you're supposed to let objects inspire you!

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  2. This post made me laugh! I am really glad this happens at other people's houses too. I never have matching anything!

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