Sample Memory Poem

From SiteIPLTeenPoetryWiki

My Mid-Day Book by Chris Nespeca¹

Lying on my bed

Kicking my legs to the rhythm of the story

I must have heard it countless times

I memorized every picture.

I could recite the words forward and backward

But still after having tomato soup with

a toasted cheese sandwich for lunch

I could be found, before my nap, on my

parents' bed.

Waiting ...

To hear those tricky lines of

Hop on Pop

The words,

Music to my ears.

The pictures,

always entertaining

Time after time after time.

1. Tsujimoto, J. (1988). Teaching poetry writing to adolescents. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, National Council of Teachers of English: Urbana, IL.