DCB Poet Promise

I wrote this for my kids at the DC Bilingual School to read together out loud as we gave them gift cards and prizes for participating in a poetry contest.

As i read it myself…I realized I need to say this too…and quite often!

DCB Poet Promise

I promise

to always keep writing

of course I will be open to feedback

so I can grow

but only I can limit myself

in how far I can go

I promise 

to always encourage

my classmates and friends

especially when they are scared or doubting  

the power of their own voices

I promise to always make the choice

to write and share my kind of poetry

and when something doesn’t go my way 

I will remember tomorrow is a new day

because building a kinder, gentler and more empathetic world 

might just depend on what’s in my heart 

and what I have to say