TERMITES: An Original Animal Mask Poem

I know I’ve mentioned more than once on this blog that I LOVE writing animal mask poems. I have written dozens of them. A few years ago, I took the advice of my friends Grace Lin and Janet Wong and culled out all the poems about smaller animals and insects that children might observe in their backyards or find close to home for a collection. I also wrote some new poems. I had tentatively titled the collection Backyard Voices. Then I changed it to Listen! Listen! after I wrote the following poem to introduce my collection of animal mask poems:

Listen. Listen. Cup an ear.

Little creatures living near

Speak in voices we can hear.

One of the new poems that I wrote for Listen! Listen! is about insects that we hate to find invading our homes—TERMITES.

TERMITES

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Yum, yum!

Wood

Tastes so

Tastes so

Tastes so good.

A piney plank

A two by four

A big broad beam

A parquet floor

A pair of clogs

A tool shed door

We eat all day

And we still want more.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Yum, yum!

Wood

Tastes so

Tastes so

Tastes SO GOOD.

 

 

Amy has the Poetry Friday Roundup at The Poem Farm.

 

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We had a wonderful family Thanksgiving at "The Farm." Julia didn't sleep all day. She so enjoyed having lots of company.

 

Julia on Thanksgiving





This week I took Julia outside  a couple of times so she could explore her yard. I took this short video of her:

 

It is great being a nanny granny! I love spending so much time with my granddaughter Julia.