I continue to work on revisions for my Things to Do poetry manuscript. I'm hoping I'll be done in a few weeks.
I had forgotten that some time ago I got the idea of writing an entire collection of "things to do" poems about animals. I had already written several and thought it might be a good execrise for me. I even read through some of the other animal poems--including mask poems--that I had written over the years and tried rewriting them as "things to do" poems. Here is the first draft of one of them:
Things to Do If You Are a Giraffe
Have long lanky legs,
Spotted hair, knobby knees.
Nibble the leaves
From the tip-tops of trees.
Be quiet and shy.
Stretch your neck up so high
You can wink at the birds
As they go flying by.
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Gregory Pincus has the Poetry Friday Roundup at GottaBook.
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Happy Saint Patrick's Day
from Julia!
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5 comments:
Oh! Look at Julia! Adorable, as usual. :)
Love your giraffe poem, especially the ending. ;)
Happy St. Paddy's, Elaine.
I really like this form. Your post last week inspired me to try one about the crocus. I'm looking forward to your book. I think kids and teachers will love it.
Thanks for sharing!
Liz
I think when I have time I'd like to try this idea, Elaine, just for the challenge. You make it look so easy. I too like that ending. And-Julia is so adorable. Thanks for sharing her pics with us.
My students had some fun with list poems this week...and so did I!!!
I found your blog today via a link from Kenn Nesbitt's site. Your giraffe poem is great! I happened to write and illustrate a giraffe poem almost on the same day which is quite a coincidence. Its called The Tell-A-Giraffe. Please Take a look if you have a spare moment. I would love to know what you think of my work. WWW.BananaBigTime.com (my personal blogg).
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