Kay Middleton

Mrs. Brooke Middleton & Kay Middleton

May 4, 2011 

I was invited to share poetry with Mrs. Middleton's fourth grade class in White Bluff, Tennessee. Confidently several students read their poems aloud. I was blown away with their command of the English language and their ability to use certain poetic devices; simile, metaphor, rhyme, alliteration, rhyme, imagery, and repetition.

One student suggested that they help me with the creative process and so it was that we decided to write a poem--together.  After some creative brainstorming we selected the subject matter FOOTBALL and the title " Cow Bells and Bullhorns". They will email me their ideas. Check back to see what develops!

Cow Bells and Bullhorns

Farm boys and cowboys

Cleats and shoulder pads

Where it is green and gold

(means yellow)

Because that is

The color of corn

And football holds

The promise of college

Girls shaking pompoms

With noise like leaves

Like rustling leaves

Blown in the wind across

The Tennessee countryside.