Words Can Hurt

My little friend, Linnea Cocharan, won second place in the "No Name Calling Week" poetry contest this week.

I share this excellent work with her permission:

Words Can Hurt

"Think before you speak"
Is good advice to know.
Don't let your mouth just leak,
But learn to stop the flow.

Words can really hurt--
Sometimes they feel like knives.
That's why you shouldn't blurt
Unless it's something nice!


~Linnea Cochran, age 9

Comments

  1. I'm impressed!!! I wonder if she'd give me permission to print this out in a larger version and post it in my classroom at school?

    Speaking of words - - - - I TALKED about you today at lunch - - - were your ears burning?

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  2. Anonymous4:03 PM

    Hi Keetha--I'm Linnea's mom. We would LOVE for you to use it in your classroom. It's such an easy, direct, but light-hearted thing to remember, isn't it? You can check out the website, www.nonamecallingweek.org to view all of the winners. I was told it would be posted today, but I haven't seen it yet. Hey, I'm impressed too!

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  3. Hi Naomi!!! Thank you so much for responding to me so quickly!!! I'm going to post it.

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  4. Naomi - - -

    My homeroom class struggles with the words they say to each other. I read this poem to them yesterday, and because of the word "blurt" in it - - - they thought I WROTE IT and was just trying to pass it off as being from someone else. I guess I've overused the word.

    One student asked for a copy.

    I've printed it out and will get it mounted and posted on Monday.

    Thanks.

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