Back to School by Sarah Crossan - from a poetry collection edited by Allie Esiri

Back To School by Sarah Crossan

The building is white,

ivy eating its way up broken walls,

windows small

and scratched.


Most students are

pulling at one another and squealing,

basking in their easy friendly reunions.


But I

study those

who are alone,

at the edge of this noise,

the kids holding their school bags close,

keeping their eyes down,


so I can

impersonate their

invisibility.



Source

Sarah Crossan's poem about school is from her verse novel called One; a story of two sisters who are conjoined twins. Taken from an autumn, seasonal anthology 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day' edited by Allie Esiri from Macmillan. Two poems to read every day in September, October and November.