First of all, I want to thank shelly kaye, for inspiring me to write this book of poems.

I also want to thank leynocka (I hope I got her handle right, I tend to misspell it) for suggesting a little change that will make a big difference: curtains instead of blinds.


I'd love to learn to write free verse and that's why I joined Masterclass. Now I'm watching Amanda Gorman's couse. She's wise beyond her years, lively, beautiful. She's had several books published... and she's still in her twenties.

In one of her classes, she explains how she reads and dissects a poem: you read it three times and then you underline everything you find interesting in the poem: metaphors, similes, personification...

I've decided to do that and then to add a final step. Write my own version of the poem. It's for you to decide if this is brave or simply literary murder.

The poem I've used for inspiration in this chapter is called New Every Morning by Susan Coolidge, the author of What Katie Did. You can read it below.

Every day is a fresh beginning,

Listen my soul to the glad refrain.

And, spite of old sorrows

And older sinning,

Troubles forecasted

And possible pain,

Take heart with the day and begin again.

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