Friday Poetry: Rachel Rooney

Happy Friday Everyone!

What is everyone reading this weekend? I am hoping to finish The Taxidermist’s Daughter by Kate Mosse. I haven’t been able to put it down so far so I don’t think it will be a problem.

My chosen poem today is by the award winning children’s author and poet Rachel Rooney (1962).

Seeker

Eyes as wide as continents brim with water between.
Seeks a different future. Looks back on what has been.

Mouth seeks another language. Shapes a different air. 
Unfamiliar classroom words. The other, whispered prayer. 

Heart seeks home. One it left and one it took along. 
Echoes in the distance. Skips to a playground song. 

Rachel Rooney

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Friday Poetry: Rachel Rooney

Hello my wonderful Book Dragons!

Whilst reading poetry this week I discovered a wonderful woman who I wanted to learn more about. My chosen poem is about Helen Keller who in 1904 became the first deaf and blind person to graduate from university. Keller learned her first word ‘water’ when her hand was held under the water pump and the letters for ‘water’ were spelt on her other palm. This poem is about that moment.

Everyone, look up this amazing woman her story is inspiring.

First Word (After Helen Keller)

This thing she’s feeling

is nameless cold

that can’t be held.

This unheard sound

its unseen lettering

drums her outstretched skin

like fingertips.

This thing is spilling over.

This thing she’s feeling

in her other palm

is nameless warm.

This unseen sound

its unheard lettering

drums her outstretched skin

like drops of rain.

This thing is spelling water.

Rachel Rooney

Happy Friday.