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Squash
This poem serves up a helping of EXAGGERATION to create a tall tale, a story that bends the truth in a humorous way. Ben didn’t really sit there for a whole year and grow cobwebs when he refused to eat...
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Grandma’s Pickles
This is a brand-new blog of my poetry for kids. (See “Welcome” page to learn more about me.) I hope to offer kids, parents, and teachers ideas to use in creating their own poems. Any feedback is most...
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Whew!
Here is a poem for Poetry Friday, which is hosted this week by Cathy at Merely Day by Day. Have you ever watched kittens play? They are more verb than noun, until they suddenly collapse, their energy...
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Stormy Weather
Imagine my surprise when a bunny hopped over to my place from Donna Smith’s blog, Mainely Write, and wanted to ask me some questions. Curiosity being an admirable (if dangerous) trait, I agreed, so...
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Camels and Unicorns
What rhymes with “caravan”? This poem provides one answer to that question–you can probably think of lots more. It’s also an example of COMPARISON. Animals tend to live in different places because of...
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Meadow Mouse
When my sons were little, we loved to read Dr. Seuss’s ABC out loud. That man knew how to celebrate sounds! Each poem played with a different letter of the alphabet. One of my favorite lines is “four...
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This poem was inspired by the 2013 March Madness poetry tournament and the word “razed.” I ended up submitting a different poem, but I liked this one, too. I had a feeling that I wanted to write about...
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Overachiever
This poem also came from one of my assigned words during the 2013 March Madness competition: “razed.” I wanted to do a LIST POEM, the outrageous kind of list a dragon would keep. What kind of list...
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Unendangered
The TITLE plays an important part in your poem. It can catch the reader’s eye and make him or her decide to read your poem. It can also help get across the point of the poem. With so few words to work...
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Limerick
LIMERICKS are fun to try. The rhythm goes something like this: (for lines 1, 2, and 5) da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM. (For lines 3 and 4) da da DUM da da DUM. It’s ok to drop or add a “da” at the...
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Buggy
As you might imagine, almost all of these poems are based on real-life observations. Writing a poem is a good way to deal with overwhelming experiences, and I was clearly overwhelmed by this...
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A Spider
I’ve never been one to kill spiders. It may have something to do with reading Charlotte’s Web. My attitude toward spiders in my house is “live and let live,” especially since they catch other bugs that...
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Can’t Complain
I once saw a man who looked as if he had just come from the hospital. He had a broken leg, and his arm was in a cast. But when someone asked him how he was, he said, "Oh, can't complain." If you wanted...
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The Tub
For this poem, I used another poem as a MODEL: "Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Men in a Tub." Then I gave it my own humorous twist. Pick a short, familiar poem. Use it as a model to write a poem of your own.
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