Happy Poetry Friday! I thought I’d share my light verse poem that recently appeared in KNOW Magazine, which is a Canadian science magazine for kids. The theme for the issue was the elements, and I had fun poring over the periodic table for the first time mumble, mumble years.
Get Smart with the Periodic Table
I know I’m no Einsteinium
but just give me some timium.
I’ll travel to Europium
to prove I’m not a dopium:
eat escargot in Francium (yuck!)
and learn to can-can dancium,
sing opera in Germanium
by using my big cranium.
I know I’m no Einsteinium
but could HE write this rhymium?
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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