Poetry Friday - Imagine

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I was excited to wake up and know that it was my tenth wedding anniversary...and then I started reading through all my social media favorites and saw people celebrating the Supreme Court decision to rule in favor of same sex marriage and it made the day ten times better. 

The words to John Lennon's Imagine popped into my head. 

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

I've always loved this song but it's especially perfect today. I had to pull it up on Spotify and listen to it again and again. As I listened, I thought about how great  this song would be as a writing prompt. It would be perfect to make connections between current events and the state of the world when John Lennon wrote the lyrics. But it would also be great to ask students to think about what they dream about and start their free writes with, "Imagine..." and then dream up anything they want. I'm glad we don't have to imagine a country where anyone can marry whomever they want. That makes me feel like dreaming matters.

1. Imagine

   John Lennon
2. Imagine there's no heaven

   It's easy if you try

   No hell below us

   Above us only sky

   Imagine all the people

   Living for today...

   Imagine there's no countries

   
   

   It isn't hard to do

   Nothing to kill or die for

   And no religion too

   Imagine all the people

   Living life in peace...

   You may say I'm a dreamer

   
   

   But I'm not the only one

   I hope someday you'll join us

   And the world will be as one

   Imagine no possessions

   
   

   I wonder if you can

   No need for greed or hunger

   A brotherhood of man

   Imagine all the people

   Sharing all the world...

   You may say I'm a dreamer

   
   

   But I'm not the only one

   I hope someday you'll join us

   And the world will live as one