My English education students at UCF, they are blogging this semester. I have been truly trying to mirror the work that I would ask of my high school students. They are reading a second professional book of their choice. You can check their responses out here:
http://knightwriting.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/professional-book-response-1/
This poem was inspired by a website that one of my students, Caty, shared in her discovery of resources while reading Adolscents on the Edge by Jimmy Santiago Baca and Releah Cossent Lent.
Check out: http://www.pongoteenwriting.org
ADDICTED
a poem by Beth
I am addicted.
I am addicted to reading
In my addiction, my life is filled with story
In my addiction, I am glad to escape
I am addicted.
I am addicted to reading
In my addiction, I hate to think about when I turn the last page.
In my addiction, the real me becomes the character.
I am addicted.
I am addicted to reading.
In my addiction, betrayal comes in the form of my favorite character dying.
In my addiction, I struggle to let go of the end.
I am addicted.
I am addicted to reading.
In my addiction, I am hiding my purchases from my husband.
In my addiction, I’m in a constant battle with falling in love with yet another.
I am addicted.
Great poem! Obviously, one I can relate to (except the hiding purchases part). But, like you, I always feel a bit sad at the end of a book, and it takes me a few days to pull myself away from that world.
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