Arts! By the People
Empowering Individuals Through Collaborative Acts of Self-Expression
The wall was the subject of January’s “Fun with Poetry Class” at Lester Senior Housing. A wall can be a political division, a division of different people, or just a divide that separates ideas. I prompted the seniors with the phrase, “Over the wall…” Below is their collaborative poem. —Paul Rabinowitz
OVER THE WALL
Over the wall, I see people.
Over the wall, I hear people cheering.
Over the wall, I see people looking up at the sky.
I see children playing.
Over the wall, I see freedom.
I see happy faces.
Over the wall, I see children growing up.
I see a lake, water lilies, and my reflection in the water,
Over the wall, I see blue sky,
Over the wall, I see children playing in the garden next door,
