“I Was a …” by Mae Glerum

By Rattle / May 23, 2014

Mae Glerum (age 6)

I WAS A …

I was a rat when the wind blew

I was a butterfly when the sun was out

I was a monkey when it was hot

I was a rain cloud when it rained

And

I was love when you needed it.

—from 2014 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

__________

Why do you like to write poetry?

Mae Glerum: “Because it’s fun. It is a little bit like musical theatre. I know people who write poetry so I thought I would do it, too.”