Did I ever tell you that my son writes poetry? I think I have (this post)- I love his efforts, such as:
Stars beneath
Stars are beneath
the clouds
in the sun and rain
- or -
o, dear, O
dear
what shall we do
in the horror
- or -
Rain
Rain falling
from the sky
really, the clouds
- or -
wow
wow
wow
how many candies
are there?
All by Jackson Grey
His favorite poets are Shel Silverstein, William Blake, his Daddy, Bob Dylan, Sylvia Plath, Bukowski, Langston Hughes, Jack Prelutsky, Carl Sandburg, Garcia Lorca, Emily Dickinson, Ogden Nash, WCW, Paul Simon, and so many others
when asked he says - "mostly it's you, daddy."
"My poetry is great, but I still need to write poetry in my poetry book that I'm making. I make poetry because my Dad, he makes poetry." - Jackson
He want's to add -
"Jhon is a great poet, everyone should read it and tell your friends and they should tell their friends, and everybody should read the poetry, tell everyone is the whole wide world." - Jackson
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Poetry by Jackson Baker- PRICELESS
(Dat boy good, he real good said in my Alabama voice :-))
His poems are great. How old is he? Because he's good at creating emotion, and with only a few well spaced words!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! He's off to a great start.
ReplyDeleteI grow more impressed of Jackson every moment I learn about him. A few more short works like these you have shared, and perhaps some illustrations, and I'm willing to bet he could have a fantastic book published...
ReplyDeletelovely...in so many ways.
ReplyDelete*sigh*