Silk is Love, Silk is Life

Slow and time consuming

The worm waves a cocoon.

Many worm lives were lost that day.

White like the snow the thick soft cocoon transforms.

Threading the silk back and forth

A colorful pattern is created.

Decorative and glistening with magic

The silk shines in the sunlight, reflecting red, gold, and bronze.

The silk is as wonderful as an explosion of fireworks.

And as fashionable as Michael Jackson.

As you walk down the street the silk shimmers in the moonlight.

The silk worm is a majestic creature, but the silk it creates is even more beautiful.

Silk is Love, Silk is Life.

By Ms. Kelley & Mr. Katain’s

3^rd Period 6^th Grade Humanities Class

Spring 2016

• I wanted to share this poem with you all because I am so incredibly proud of what my students produced. We are working on a poetry unit with Ancient China. Where the students are writing poetry about whatever topic they want to as long as it connects to Ancient China. We wrote this poem as a class and almost every word came from my 6th graders! If you have any feedback for them I will gladly share it with them.