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Riddle-Ku! [vast jungle]

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Riddle-ku (National Poetry Month 2014)

 

Riddle-Ku of the Day

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I’m a vast jungle
to ladybugs and earthworms?
a backyard carpet
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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HINT 1:

 

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HINT 2:

 

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Photos by Laura Purdie Salas

TITLE (AND ANSWER):

GRASS

 

[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these riddle-ku with your students.]

UPDATE: My riddle-ku are now available in Kindle and paperback as Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading (along with tons of great auxiliary materials for teachers), part of the 30 PAINLESS CLASSROOM POEMS series.

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Riddle-ku: Book 2 in the 30 Painless Classroom Poems series

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Comments

  3. I ‘m an emerald green trampoline
    Soaking up rain and sunshine
    I tickle bar dancing feet

    I like your poem Laura

    • To make a correction, Jessica, you click on the black box above right by the date and time

      Jessica Bigi
      April 14, 2014 at 10:09 am Edit

      that says Edit. When you click on that black box, it re-opens your Comment and lets you make changes.

  4. I ‘m an emerald green trampoline
    Soaking up rain and sunshine
    I tickle bar dancing feet

    I like your poem Laura

    • To make a correction, Jessica, you click on the black box above right by the date and time

      Jessica Bigi
      April 14, 2014 at 10:09 am Edit

      that says Edit. When you click on that black box, it re-opens your Comment and lets you make changes.

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