The Rider
A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness couldn't catch up to him,
the best reason I ever heard
for trying to be a champion.
What I wonder tonight
pedaling hard down King William Street
is if it translates to bicycles.
A victory! To leave your loneliness
panting behind you on some street corner
while you float free into a cloud of sudden
azaleas,
pink petals that have never felt loneliness,
no matter how slowly they fell. - Naomi Shihab
Nye
Notice how Naomi Shihab Nye uses concrete imagery to present her ideas about how to leave loneliness behind. She ends the poem with an image of
azaleas that lingers with the reader.
Creative Write: Use a concrete
image to reveal ways to leave something behind. Sift through your petals
of despair and longing.Let the
tears shine to reflect a moment of renewal.
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