This is your first poem. You can use it for many things. <br /> <br /> It may keep you dry in a sudden storm. <br /> You can take notes on it. <br /> Make a list. Fold it and let it fly. <br /> <br /> You can see through it. It's a window to this world. <br /> <br /> You can learn to read with it. It may teach you <br /> colors and numbers and shapes. <br /> You can review the sounds of farm animals with it. <br /> <br /> Do not use it wisely or sparingly. Don't be careful with it. <br /> Bend, fold, and articulate. <br /> <br /> You can use a poem over and over and over <br /> again. <br /> It will always be the same. <br /> <br /> Mark it in pencil like a familiar door-jamb. <br /> Every year, when you stand next to it, <br /> you'll see how much you've grown.<br /><br />Eric Paul Shaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/instructions-for-your-first-poem/
