Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W B Yeats
- This one is slightly more canonical and some more difficult words - but it is easy to relate to and understand. This poem can be used to teach the differences between rhythm and rhyme and also has beautiful imagery! It could be about love, but I don't think its limited to that! Its a poem I use to remind myself of how my students feel when they approach me with their work and their craft, and how I approach them with my hopes for their future.
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