At my writing group last week, tundra swans came up, and they made me think of this poem from Jack Prelutsky‘s The Carnival of the Animals. I like Prelutsky’s beautiful verse more than his wacky stuff, and I love this poem.
The Swan The swan is grand and glorious, |
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One of my favorite things about this poem is what it doesn’t say–not a word about the swan’s neck!
The fabulous Jama Rattigan has the Poetry Friday Roundup today at Alphabet Soup, so you know it’ll be a tasty one!