Some
time ago, I got an idea for a collection of poems titled The Animal in Me. In
the poems, children would imagine themselves to be like certain animals at times depending on how they felt. For example,
an angry child might feel like he/she was a grizzly bear--or a child being sent
to his/her room as punishment might feel like a big cat trapped in a cage. The collection
never went too far. Here is one of the poems from it.
WHEN
I GET ANGRY
When I
get angry, I’m
a bear…
A
grizzly bear
With
coarse brown hair
And
teeth that tear.
You
best beware!
When
I
get angry,
I
clench my paws
And
snap my jaws.
I
prowl and growl
Around
my room
And
fuss and fume
And
stomp the floor
And
slam my door…
Till
I’m
not angry anymore.
Laura Purdie Salas has the Poetry Friday Roundup at
Writing the World for Kids.
http://laurasalas.com/poems-for-teachers/sacred-land-poetry-friday-roundup/
http://laurasalas.com/poems-for-teachers/sacred-land-poetry-friday-roundup/