Pre-Pointe Shoes

Pre-Pointe Shoes

by 

Zachoia Cooper

(age 16)

It seems like such a little thing 

To rise up on the toes and push.

Not such a cinch, that little spring-

It seems like such a little thing.

A rose, petaled with satin bling

Grows from a dogged, thorny bush.

It seems like such a little thing

To rise up on the toes and push.

To fold these shoes into half-moons

The toes propel to make them rise.

Hard work will make them stronger soon

To fold these shoes into half-moons.

If roses are to grow, then prune.

Practice is how a young bird flies.

To fold these shoes into half-moons

The toes propel to make then rise. 

(Assignment for Polliwog Poetry Lessons)


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