Apr 22
22
Meet Damian, a young poet and 6th grade student enrolled in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Remote Learning Program. “The Black Sea and the Little Boy” poem is original work from a narrative poetry lesson utilizing personification. He selected the photo images from Book Creator.
“The Black Sea and the Little Boy”
One Day
Ukrainian Boy
Running away from Russian soldiers
Four long hours
Through the woods
To the Sea
Soldiers left behind
Time to rest
On the Beach
as the boy was resting
the ocean made a boat
the boy woke up
in the sand
he saw written
“come boy
climb in my boat
and sail somewhere safe”
so the boy climbed in
saw a sign saying
“drink the rain
eat my fish
then you will be safe
and healthy”
so he did
and the ocean is kindhearted
despite how hurt he was
he still helped the boy
by Damian
His teacher said, “Our community project this week was to write a narrative poem using personification. Students chose a landform or body of water and another perspective to relate to it. Students read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and studied how he used personification in this narrative poem as a mentor text for the project.”
Daily Community Meetings and weekly Community Projects are a key feature of the KPBSD Remote Learning program that fosters connection and a learning community at a distance for the remote learners.
