The Tufts
Literacy Corps Poetry Project, 2000-2009

The Giraffe
I saw a giraffe
stand so still
and so orange
and so bright.
I love the way
they stand.
-Kayla
Grade 2

Listen Winter
Listen to the wind
blowing in my ear
through the dark,
cold, windy night,
The snow blowing
in your face so hard
so hard
it feels like
the wind is trying
to carry you
Sheina, Grade 5