The quiet orchestraYear 4 English · T1 W5–6 · Texts / Poem · Text version

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Original poem

The cupboard wears a button coat; the zipper hums a silver note. A pencil tip goes tap, tap, tap; the notebook yawns beneath its flap.

My thoughts are moths around a light— they dart away, then land just right. I catch one gently with a word; a tiny song that can be heard.

Grown-up help

An imagined poem, not a claim that objects or thoughts really behave this way. Sound can be discussed through printed words, visual rhythm or sign; nobody must make or tolerate a sound.

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