Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party.
Today’s poem comes from M IS FOR MISCHIEF: An A to Z of Naughty Children(Dutton, 2008), by Linda Ashman. Linda is such a fun and creative rhymer. As
with Douglas Florian, one of my favorite rejections was when an editor compared my work to hers, saying it felt too’similar to Linda’s for them to publish both of us. Yes, it was still a rejection, but I was flattered anyway.
Blustering Buster
According to Buster,
His bike came in first.
His bubble’s the biggest:
His blister’s the worst.
He belches the loudest:
He bowls like a pro.
He claims he’s so bright,
He’s beginning to glow.He bragged he could fly
like a bird off the barn.
What bluster! Now Buster
has broken his arm.
–by Linda Ashman, all rights reserved
And here is my Poem Starter Video:
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BAD HABITS
I bite my nails
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
I throw tantrums
Stomp, stomp, stomp.
I eat hot dogs
Yum, yum, yum.
I insult you
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I am sorry
(Please don’t cry.)
Now I’m punished,
I know why.
(C) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
BAD HABITS
I bite my nails
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
I throw tantrums
Stomp, stomp, stomp.
I eat hot dogs
Yum, yum, yum.
I insult you
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I am sorry
(Please don’t cry.)
Now I’m punished,
I know why.
(C) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
“Blustering Buster” is one of my favorite poems that you posted this month. I love the flow, the rhyme and the ending. Maybe Buster’s afluster now.
If there were an award for inspiring poetry, I believe you deserve it. I think your poem starter series is phenomenal.
“Blustering Buster” is one of my favorite poems that you posted this month. I love the flow, the rhyme and the ending. Maybe Buster’s afluster now.
If there were an award for inspiring poetry, I believe you deserve it. I think your poem starter series is phenomenal.