I'm aware of some things

Though I have enjoyed poetry since I was young, I've enjoyed writing poetry since about middle school. I try to encourage students to craft what they want to say. But I also encourage them to like what they write, even if it's hard to write it. My first experience with this concept came during a class from the Colorado Writing Project. The following poem came about form an exercise. Though the poem has no resemblance to the initial writing I did, it was the prompt, "Why do you think it's beautiful?" that  led to me internalizing my ideals of beauty.

 The Clothesline

Fabrics weighted down by water,

Heavily tugging on sagging wire

Gripped by

Two old women, stooped from years of use,

Sentinels of evidence that some things in life

Really are simple.

I think this connects back to running through fabrics or making a house in the midst of the hanging laundry. I really like the way clotheslines look.