Dog
Days of
My summer
Slowly evolve
With lazy escapes
Under the sunny skies
Sun-kissed skin glistening bright
Afternoons quickly rush evenings
Of buzzing, chirping, and nightly sounds
Bringing contentment close to you daily
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I wrote this etheree today at our annual writing marathon for The West Tennessee Writing Project. It was fun getting into groups and writing. I got to meet new people and it was invigoratingto my writing needs. I just love writing etherees because they force you to use good, concise words. They also make you edit and revise. I think students writing etherees would be a good first step to editing and revising their work because they have to choose what works best for them. My first draft of this poem wasn’t perfect the first time writing it. If my scanner was working, I would show you my revisions. I plan on doing more modeling of revision and editing for my students.
