Mes livres (My books)
Par ecrit, e’dite’, poli, et publie’
(Written, edited, polished, and published)
Sont les fruits
(Are the fruits)
De mon labeur.
(Of my labor.)
Comme branches
(Like branches)
Mes bouts des doigts
(My fingertips)
Baisse au clavier
(Kiss the keyboard)
Produisent les fruits
(Producing fruits)
De pense’e provacante,
(Of provocative thought,)
Sagacite’, courage, puissance, amour
(Wisdom, courage, power, love)
Dans les feuilles de mes livres
(Within the leaves/pages of my books)
Etre lu,
(To be read,)
Devore’,
(Devoured,)
Savoure’,
(Savored,)
Comme poires
(Like pears)
Si sucre’
(So sweet)
Par les yeux
(By the eyes)
Du monde
(Of the world)

If I actually said something other than what the translation implies, please correct me!

In addition to teaching, I write books. So this poem is a study of what writing means to me. I’m going to paint the words on canvas and hang it in my living room as a sort of personal goal. Maybe that sounds cheezy, but it’s the truth. Thanks for your generosity in helping me!

It’s a relatively short poem. Would I offend you if I just posted it here? I’m only wanting to make sure the lines use correct grammar. Or you could send me an email and I could send it to you that way. My email address is mfogelsong@buhlschools.org

You don’t have to be good at poetry to be able to tell me that my verbs are incorrectly conjugated, if you know what I mean…. Thanks. = }