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[psvid] “Bluejay Sings Two Different Songs” (Mary Lee Hahn)

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Poem_Starter_VidHappy 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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Comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    • 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 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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