http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537&cpage=1#comment-5142 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:11:30 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1537#comment-5142 Very nice! My daughters had similar experiences of thinking they couldn’t do something, (writing a poem for a school assignment comes to mind); but, as in this case, when given an idea or two and some encouragement they were actually able to do quite well.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537&cpage=1#comment-5141 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:07:34 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1537#comment-5141 how old is gamma? i love poetry from children so much. i wish i could talk my son into writing some, and i think i might follow your example to get him to try.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537&cpage=1#comment-5140 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:49:45 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1537#comment-5140 The poem happened like this. Her cousin, who is in second grade, is runner up in a national poetry contest. she said gee, i could never write a poem. i said, why not try. she chose the ocean as a theme. i had her free associate a list of words. then she imagined what it felt like to be each of those things. she told me in german, i typed it in english, changing nothing. now she thinks she could, perhaps, write poetry after all.
Her cousin’s poem was very nice.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537&cpage=1#comment-5139 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:00:14 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1537#comment-5139 Lovely! (Did she write in English or German?)

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1537&cpage=1#comment-5138 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:42:37 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1537#comment-5138 I love that she feels powerful, beautiful and, especially, famous. She’s apparently also rather bossy, telling you to post her work here. ;-)

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