From Claudia Reinhardt, Class Teacher:
In our class reader One Crazy Summer, Delphine's mother, who is a poet, shares a poem called "Movable Type." It is about movable type, but also about her being a movable, flexible person. In language arts class today I asked the students, "What type are you?" and challenged them to write a poem. Here's what some of them wrote!
the artistic sleepy type
paint on my walls
draw on my floor
i'm kind of sleepy
i'll try to do some more
i don't think i'll make it outdoors
good night, don't let
the bedbugs
bite
(tr)
the reading type
look here
read there
never-ending pages
flipping
reading
two pages over
stare at those
find the words
look here
read there
i see
letters swiftly passing
end of book
find a new one
i'm that type. i read.
(cr)
the calm type
rest here
sleep there
i
move again
to sleep some more
(wm)
the rooted type
i'm strong
move when i want
bend when
i please
i'm like
the
old oak
tree
rooted
planted
no one can
move
my base
in a
storm
i stay
rooted
(ia)
the math type
long division
multiplication
subtraction
addition
i'm the math type
i don't do poetry
(cg)
