Poetry Break: Clock

Poetry Break: Clock

Introduction:
I will display different kinds of clocks. I will ask the students what they think time means.

Clock
By Robert Kimmel

Clock, who has looked at you
and seen the time?
Who has looked at you
and said they were late?
Clock, you must be tired,
after all, you stay up all night.
Clock, who has looked at you
and said they only had five minutes?
Clock, how many times
have you been wound?
Clock, you have all the time
in the world locked up inside.

From SALTING THE OCEAN: 100 POEMS BY YOUNG POETS, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2000.

Extension:
I will reread the poem and then ask the students how they feel about it. These answers will direct the remaining conversation. The students will make a lists of activities and events where they have arrived late