I Am Becoming
Read a snippet from Jane Relaford Brown’s poem, “Finding Her Here.” Place your pen on paper and write freely. Begin with the starter phrase, “I am becoming . . . .” Write until this writing or story feels complete.
Give it time and review it later. What have you learned?
From “Finding Her Here”
I am becoming the woman I’ve wanted,
[Who] knows she’s a survivor—
that whatever comes,
she can outlast it.
I am becoming a deep
weathered basket.
I am becoming the woman I’ve longed for.
The poem is by ©Jane Relaford Brown. Educational use. It comes from her book My First Real Tree(Foothills.)