Back to School Poems
First Day of School
I wonder
if my drawing
will be as good as theirs.
I wonder
if they'll like me
or just be full of stares.
I wonder
if my teacher
will look like Mom or Gram.
I wonder
if my puppy
will wonder
where I am.
-Aileen Fisher
Now That I Can Read
I used to need somebody
To sit and read to me.
I'd look at every page they read
And listen carefully.
But now that I am in first grade,
I'm filling up a shelf
with stories, poems, and other books
That I can read myself.
-Ruth Etkin