In celebration of #InternationalDanceDay, enjoy a poem about what Samiyah’s hands like to do with family; including dancing, painting, drawing and hugging! Make it a Splendid Week!

My Hands Like to do Stuff with my Family 

My hands like do back flips.

My hands like to paint and draw.

My hands like to eat vanilla ice cream.

My hands like dance.

My hands like to clap like my brother.

My hands like hold my brother.

My hands like to hug my mom

And my brother.

I like my hands because I can hold and hug my brother really tight.

My hands like to do stuff with my family

Art and Creative Writing by Samiyah, age 7

This entry is a part of our series “Make it a Splendid Week”! Follow along weekly to enjoy excerpts from The Splendid Review, an anthology of poems, short stories and autobiographies written by talented young writers engaged in the Periwinkle Arts In Medicine Program at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers.