A Winter Song

Students read the following poem by William J. Harris

A Winter Song

If I
were the
cold weather
and people
talked about me
the way they talk
about it,
I'd just
pack up
and leave town.

Using A Winter Song as their model, students wrote the following poems:

If I Were by Betty Adams

If I were a Brillo pad,
I'd scrub away all the scum of the world.

If I were an eraser,
I'd erase away poverty and war.


If I Were by May Yip

If I were the wind,
I would howl away hunger.

If I were the rain,
I would rinse away sadness.

If I were the sun,
I would melt all man's troubles.