Love That Dog

Love That Dog
Written by Sharon Creech
Poetry 1

Poetry is only for girls, that is what Jack thought. He, however, came to learn that poetry was in fact for boys too!! His teacher kept showing them these confusing poems that did not make any sense to Jack at all! When he tried to write a poem, he was not even sure that it was a poem in the first place, but since the teacher said they had to try, he would. The teacher wanted to put Jack's poem on the board, but Jack did not want everyone to know that he, a boy, wrote them. This always encouraging teacher, never gave up on  her students and taught them how to read and appreciate poetry. Some of the poems Jack writes about I can relate to. The one he did about his dog really got to me. I am an animal person and I have had so many dogs! I know what it feels like to lose a pet. My dog went through the exact same thing as Jack's did in the story. When he was talking all about his dog, all I could think about was my Zodie. It almost made me cry!

Growing up I loved books by Sharon Creech. I was determined to read all of them! Somehow, I missed this one! I wish I would have found it sooner, maybe it could have sparked my love for writing and poetry a little earlier in life. I have never been a strong writer. I always hid from it or if it was required I did the minimum I had to do just to get by. But when the teacher said we were going to do poetry, it was even worse! I cannot write things that are not creative, how am I suppose to write things that are!?! I feel like this book, could have helped me to see, I did not have to be super creative and that poetry could be anything I wanted it to be. I am definitely going to remember this one and it will always be on my book shelf!