Bill Buczinsky Visits GDW

Mr. Bill Buczinsky, poet, performer, and teacher inspired the poet in each of us this week as he completed a two day residency at Gary D. Wright Elementary School.  Bill kicked off his visit with an assembly, where he introduced the game of poetry to us.  He continued by conducting poetry writing workshops for our 2nd-5th grade students.  Bill wrapped up his visit by hosting Poetry Open Mic Night, where students and staff joined him in sharing poems and coming together in the name of poetry.  A huge thank you to our PTO for providing the funding to support this educational opportunity for our students and their families!

Bill's visit inspired students to write and share poems, such as the following poem written by GDW fourth grade student, Andrew Belshan.

The Poet Tree 

By: Andrew Belshan

                                   

The Poet Tree

Is to explain to you or me

What is poetry

The trunk of the tree

Is the dictionary

Poetry is all about words

But it isn’t just for nerds!

The Poet Tree,

The Poet Tree

But what grows up from the trunk

Is complete fun.

Poetry without fun

Will make you feel glum

The Poet Tree,

The Poet Tree

What comes next you will not gripe

Every branch is a different type

From a haiku to a sonnet

You will definitely want it

The Poet Tree,

The Poet Tree

Instead of a leaf

There is a poet

Now you know it

They’re usually on

The branch they like best

But they can always

Visit the rest

The Poet Tree,

The Poet Tree

But when writing a poem

The most important part

Is you.

You are the leaf

You are the leaf

You can be big

You can be small

You can stay on one branch

You can visit them all.