This was for a class project in ENGL 208 Children’s Literature, we were asked to select a poem for children or young adults and to “illustrate” it on the page to appeal to you readers
Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people’s feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
Erin Searles
May 17, 2021 — 5:40 pm
I love what you did for the words candle-light and play. The way you made the word candle-light look reminds me of a burning flame, and the word play looks like a child wrote it in chalk. Too cool, great job!