Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party.
Today’s poem comes from The Poetry Friday Anthology (Common Core K-5 edition): Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core?(Pomelo, 2013), edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, one of my very favorite anthologies to recommend to teachers because of its extraordinary range of poets/poems and its terrific and easy teaching tips. This poem is by Mary Lee Hahn, blogger/teacher/poet extraordinaire.?She has not called herself a poet in the past, but I sure hope she is now. I’ve read many?of her poems over the past year or so, and they are gems. Today, I’m sharing “Bluejay Sings Two Different Songs.”
Bluejay Sings Two Different Songs
tweedle, tweedle
round and flutey:
“You’re a beauty!”jay-jay-jay
sharp and rusty:
“Cat’s not trusty!”–by Mary Lee Hahn, all rights reserved
And here is my Poem Starter Video:
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I love Mary’s style and this is classic. Love the contrasts.
Tiger slopes and sprawls
lazes away the day
until dinner
which requires more bite.
Oh, nice, Catherine. I love how you hold back the opposite bit until that final word.
Thanks, Laura. It’s fun to emphasize the bite when read aloud.
I love Mary’s style and this is classic. Love the contrasts.
Tiger slopes and sprawls
lazes away the day
until dinner
which requires more bite.
Oh, nice, Catherine. I love how you hold back the opposite bit until that final word.
Thanks, Laura. It’s fun to emphasize the bite when read aloud.
Thanks for featuring my poem!
Thanks for letting me share it, Mary Lee! I knew I liked you even before you started sharing your poetry–now it’s great to call you another poet friend.
Thanks for featuring my poem!
Thanks for letting me share it, Mary Lee! I knew I liked you even before you started sharing your poetry–now it’s great to call you another poet friend.
LACY AND LARRY
Lacy hates going to school,
Larry scores straight A’s.
Lacy wakes at dawn’s first blush,
Larry sleeps for days.
Lacy snacks on vegetables,
Larry wolfs down pies.
Lacy bends the truth sometimes,
Larry abhors lies.
Lacy travels by subway,
Larry rides his bike.
It’s true neither of them are
Very much alike.
However, what bonds them as
Sister and brother
Is their genuine love
for each other.
(C) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
I bet they argue a lot, though–and when they do, is it in opposite ways? Fun!
Fun!
LACY AND LARRY
Lacy hates going to school,
Larry scores straight A’s.
Lacy wakes at dawn’s first blush,
Larry sleeps for days.
Lacy snacks on vegetables,
Larry wolfs down pies.
Lacy bends the truth sometimes,
Larry abhors lies.
Lacy travels by subway,
Larry rides his bike.
It’s true neither of them are
Very much alike.
However, what bonds them as
Sister and brother
Is their genuine love
for each other.
(C) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
I bet they argue a lot, though–and when they do, is it in opposite ways? Fun!
Fun!
This is one of my favorite poems in The PFA. It’s one of those poems with the special gift of appealing to all ages!
I agree–adults down to 1st graders will all love it!
This is one of my favorite poems in The PFA. It’s one of those poems with the special gift of appealing to all ages!
I agree–adults down to 1st graders will all love it!