May is one of Story Tapestries’ busiest months for providing direct services to students and educators. Our team of expert teaching artists have been engaged with 15 public school communities this month. We have learned that engaging the students is not enough to ensure their long-term success – we make it a priority to interact and share tools and techniques with educators and parents, too!
Award-winning Slam Poet and seasoned teaching artist, Regie Cabico, led a family poetry session at Drew Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Student Association meeting. As a result, the Drew community collectively wrote the following poem, shared by Jessica Bay Graber, Staff Development Teacher at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary.
My third eye…
My third eye can shoot lasers out of it
My third eye can transport me back in time
My third eye can see a beautiful mountain top
My third eye can grow galactic colored flowers in the blink of an eye
My third eye can see a brighter future
My third eye can see over the horizon
My third eye talks across the oceans
My third eye can make me invisible
My third eye can grant wishes whenever I want
My third eye can see the end of coronavirus
My third eye shares
My third eye can sing all the lyrics to Hamilton
My third eye can transport me to a land of possibilities
My third eye can hold and love all children
My third eye travels freely
My third eye can see people as warm energy all dancing in harmony to all colors of music
My third eye can help make the world a better and safer place for everyone
My third eye can eliminate racism and establish equality for all 2
My third eye can find missing brides under cowhides
My third eye can make grass grow in patches of nothingness
My third eye can shoot out stretchy Band-aids to heal the world
My third eye can watch inanimate objects interact
We hope you’ve enjoyed this Mission Moment brought to you by Story Tapestries! Stories like this remind us WHY we exist.
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