Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Twindependent - A Poetry Break




INTRODUCTION
Today (April 10) is National Siblings Day. Some may have an older/younger brother or sister or both. Some may not. Some may be from a set of multiples. J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen created a new poetry book that celebrates those who are twins. In fact, J. Patrick Lewis is a twin himself! Sometimes people think that twins are similar in many ways. That can be but, then again, it may not. This poem is about the differences between the twins. You can share this poem with other ones from books like Kristine O’Connell George’s Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems.



POEM
Twindependent
By J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen

I am I,
I am not you.
I live apart.
Do you live, too,
With dreams and hopes
That are your own?
We will be two
When fully grown?

I want to be
an astronaut.
You want to live
Where it is hot.
I long for silence,
You for noise.
You play with dolls,
Planes are my toys.

I am I,
A thing apart,
Although we share
Our mother’s heart,
Our father’s , too,
And in our way
Our genes and all
Our DNA.

But in each
Personality
We are as one
As we can be.

EXTENSION
  • Have the children who share their differences and similarities between them and their siblings. If a child is an only child have them imagine the differences and similarities that he or she would share if there was a sibling.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lewis, J. Patrick and Jane Yolen. 2012. Take Two!: A Celebration of Twins. Illus. by Sophie Blackall. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763637026.

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