On the Gift of a Book to a Child By Hilaire Belloc Child! do not throw this book about! Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your chiefest treasure. Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages? Why, then, your hands … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 24
National Poetry Month – Day 23
Monsters by Dorthea Lasky This is a world where there are monsters There are monsters everywhere, racoons and skunks There are possums outside, there are monsters in my bed. There is one monster. He is my little one. I talk to my little monster. I give my little monster some bacon but that does not … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 23
National Poetry Month – Day 22
Earth Day by Jane Yolen I am the Earth And the Earth is me. Each blade of grass, Each honey tree, Each bit of mud, And stick and stone Is blood and muscle, Skin and bone. And just as I Need every bit Of me to make My body fit, So Earth needs Grass and … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 22
National Poetry Month – Day 21
Wind on the Hill by A. A. Milne No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It’s flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn’t keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding The string … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 21
National Poetry Month – Day 20
Jabberwocky By Lewis Carroll ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 20
National Poetry Month – Day 19
What to Wear Where By J. Patrick Lewis When I was a boy In Looziana, We wore blue jeans And a red bandanna. My folks moved up To the state of Maine, We wore duck shoes In slicker-suit rain. My folks moved down To the state of Texas, We wore brand names Like Lazy X’s. … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 19
National Poetry Month – Day 18
There was a crooked man by Mother Goose There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house. From Sing a song of sixpence: a … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 18
National Poetry Month – Day 17
Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein I asked for a hot dog With everything on it, And that was my big mistake, 'Cause it came with a parrot, A bee in a bonnet, A wristwatch, a wrench, and a rake. It came with a goldfish, A flag, and a fiddle, A frog, and a … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 17
National Poetry Month – Day 16
High-Heel Car by J. Patrick Lewis and Douglas Florian There was an old woman Who lived in high heels. She loved one so much That she gave it three wheels. That's how the size-84 Shoe-car was born! She wins every footrace, Then honks her shoehorn. From Poem-Mobiles: Crazy Car Poems...Pictures by Jeremy Holmes. You MUST … Continue reading National Poetry Month – Day 16
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Alligator Calculator by Douglas Florian I wanted to count the teeth inside The mouth of an alligator. I reach 23, Then he swallowed me. I'll have to finish later. From his new book Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles
