WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
Hold it loosely,
say goodbye,
let it go—
(it’s fine to cry).
You might not see
that wish again.
But one day,
when a long
lost friend
blows into town
from far away,
ask her
“Would you like to stay?”
Look deeply
in her twinkling
eyes—
see
if you can recognize
your wish from many
moons ago,
changed somehow
yet still aglow.
Sometimes
wishes
don’t come true,
but others
will come back
to you.
© 2019 Michelle Heidenrich Barnes. All rights reserved.
Click
HERE
to read this month's interview with Karen Boss, Editor at
Charlesbridge. Her challenge this month is to write a poem in second
person, speaking directly to a kid or kids about something that you
think is important for them to know.
Post your poem on our
June 2019 padlet.
While some contributions will be featured as daily ditties this month,
all contributions will be included in a wrap-up celebration on Friday, June 28th. One lucky participant will win a copy of
I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending,
collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Chris Hsu,
available online for preorder, and coming to a bookstore near you on
July 2, 2019.
Review for
The Best of Today's Little Ditty 2017-2018 is underway! Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in being on this year's ditty committee. As far as this month's challenge goes, our padlet is filling up with some terrific advice poems for children! Featured ditties this week included ones by
George Heidenrich,
Michelle Kogan,
Robyn Campbell, and
Linda Baie. Also be sure to check out Carol Varsalona's poem for her granddaughter at
Beyond LiteracyLink.
Join Linda Mitchell at
A Word Edgewise for this week's Poetry Friday roundup and a "Clunker Exchange." What a great way to give old words new life!
