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I Am Old and New

Instructions: Fill in the blanks at the bottom of the page to create your own poem. Once you are done, you will be able to print and email your poem. You can also share a copy of your poem with Pongo, or download this activity to print and work on off-line.

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Read "I Am Old and New" by Johan

I Am Old and New
by Johan

I feel old when I can’t wake myself on a heavy morning
I feel new when I can see the rose, blue, orange sky

I feel old when my problems outpace me lap by lap by lap
I feel new when I run with lungs open wide and strong

I feel old when you shoot me every question and I miss every answer
I feel new when we play gentle and quick

To be new is impossible when I grip the hand of each skeleton of regret
To be new is possible when I watch you watch me, freely

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a poem by _________________ (your name here)

I feel old when I can’t  ____________________________ (find my way home, lift my eyes from the ground, ???)

I feel new when I  can  ____________________________ (run without reason, close my  eyes and feel your presence, ???)

I  feel old when my problems  ______________________ (whirl in my brain, laugh at me, ???)

I feel new when  ________________________________ (every night I sleep and dream, I speak my mind, ???)

I feel old  when  _________________________________ (I think of how kind I used to be, I look in the mirror, ???)

I feel new  when  ________________________________ (I write you a letter, I save for my favorite shoes, ???)

To  be new is impossible when  ____________________ (I  hear you say over and over that I need to go, I live and walk in the same stone  halls, ?)

To be new is possible when  ______________________ (I  know how I’ll tell you I’m sorry, I know exactly what I’ll do on the day I go  home, ???)

This poem was created on the PongoTeenWriting.org web site!