The Poet's Tree

April 19th, 2016, heralded the first Poetry Prowl at DCS.  Several students from kdg through 12th grade shared their work: storybooks, poets' bios, poetry by heart, haikus, readings of their own poem, and even a few songs and jokes.  The Myriad, DC's literary magazine, was also released.

One of my favorite aspects was the Poet's Tree, a construction that grew to include poems crafted by attenders. The poem by Shel Silverstein was our inspiration:

Underneath the poet tree,
Come and rest awhile with me,
And watch the way the word-web weaves
Between the shady story leaves
The branches of the poet tree 
Reach from the mountains to the sea. 
So come and dream, or come and climb-
Just don't get hit by falling rhymes.