Poetry Out Loud

We're doing the Poetry Out Loud competition in our English class. It is a competition between students memorizing and reciting their poems. I chose a poem called The Star by Ann Taylor. Probably more than half of the people in the world, rather they are in countries that speak English or not, knows the song, that goes: Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.... This song is based on the poem that I'm reciting for the competition. It is also one of the reasons why I chose the poem. The poem is made to a song, the rhymes and rhythms were catchy, and they were pretty easy to memorize. Other than that, I liked the warm, peaceful mood of the poem too.
The poem didn't really have special connections to me. However, while I was memorizing, and getting ready for the competition, I figured out that this poem could be a good metaphor of me or my life. This poem could be like a thankful letter that I would write to someone that helped me a lot throughout my life, like my parents, friends, relatives, teachers and others. The traveller could be me, and the star could be like those people. I was a bit amazed that this poem could actually connect to me in such ways. The Star was a thoughtful and meaningful poem and I suppose that this is one of the biggest reasons why I really made my mind and decided to do this poem.