Week+7+Poem


 * || the drum

daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm

-- Nikki giovanni || || "the drum" is published in Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessonsby Nancie Atwell, 2006.

Atwell is legendary for her workshop approach. In this project, she offers a- poem- a -day for middle schoolers. ||