And who else could it be, with such a perfect name other than award-winning poet Michaela Morgan? Michaela has had over 140 titles published including poetry, picture books, junior novels and non-fiction. She is a regular visitor to schools. Her 2016 poetry book Wonderland: Alice in Poetry, illustrations by Tenniel, was shortlisted for the prestigious CLiPPA Award for poetry and her 2017 collection Reaching the Stars: Poems About Extraordinary Women and Girls co-authored with Jan Dean and Liz Brownlee won the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award 2017. Her book How To Teach Poetry: Writing Workshops, stresses the importance of poetry across the curriculum.
Here is the poem Michaela has chosen, from Reaching the Stars.
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Tinker… Tailor
I could be a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher, a vet.
I could be a mother, an artist, or the pilot of a jet.
I could be the one who speaks up for a revolution
Or a steady force for status, calm, order, institution.
I could be a strutting model or a structural engineer
Or I could march in uniform to fight foe, or fire, or fear.
I could be a juggler… a jeweller…
What could be my scene?
Whatever it is, I choose to be
A fully fledged human being.
© Michaela Morgan
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Terrific poem!
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Michaela is wonderful.
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Wonderful Liz ! I visited your sight and read the Hippobottamus and Elephant, two of my favourite animals. Énorme, as the French would say, meaning ‘awesome’ an adjective, which I loathe the use of nowadays in English.
At the Poetry School, I had a tutor who taught at Bath, Carrie Etter, do you know of her ?
Have a good AtoZ week.
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Thank you. I do indeed know Carrie Etter well, Susan!
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Hi Liz, I really liked this poem. I could relate to the poet and her persistent thinking. It can be difficult to turn those thoughts off, but usually, I don’t mind. I’m never bored. There are some times, though, when I would like to just shut my brain down for the night. I’m sure that some people suspect I did that long ago and forgot to turn it back on. Mindfulness to Avoid Burnout
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Hello, Heather! It says in my comments admin that this comment is on Michaela’s poem – but are you talking about Shauna’s?
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