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March Poems; These are for children
Topic Started: Mar 2 2005, 07:57 AM (110 Views)
sylley2000
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Sylvia, Grand Bend ON
But they brightened my day. Found them this morning and they made me smile:

Keep a Poem in Your Pocket
Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.

The little poem will sing to you
The little picture bring to you
A dozen dreams to dance to you
At night when you're in bed.

So-
Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.
-Beatrice Schenk de Rogniers

It's from Mrs. Ritter's who keeps poems for First Grade Critters in a 3-ring binder where they add their favourite poems. They do activities with the poems, read them together and illustrate the pages before adding them to their binder. She tells them that poetry is fun and it doesn't have to rhyme.

Poems for critters:

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March

SUNFLAKES

If sunlight fell like snowflakes
gleaming yellow and so bright
we could build a sunman
we could have a sunball fight.
We could watch the sunflakes
drifting in the sky

We could go sleighing
in the middle of July
through sundrifts and sunbanks
we could ride a sunmobile
and we could touch sunflakes-
I wonder how they'd feel.

-Frank Asch

RAINY DAY

I used to hate a rainy day
There were no outside games to play,
And even though our house was roomy,
The gray rain made the inside gloomy.
Now, I don't mind the rain at all,
For when no friends come to call,
I've all the company I need
I pick me out a book- and read!
-Gina Benn-Zano

WEARING OF THE GREEN

It ought to come in April
Or better yet, in May
When everything is green as green-
I mean St. Patrick's Day.

With still a week of winter
This wearing of the green
Seems rather out of season-
It's rushing things, I mean.

But maybe March is better
When all is done and said:
St. Patrick brings a promise,
A four-leaf-clover promise,
A green-all-over promise
Of springtime just ahead!
-Aileen Fisher

It's Time for Spring

My sweater's tight and itchy
My snow pants are too small
Last week I lost a mitten
I can't find my scarf at all.

My woolen socks have lost their toes
My boots have lost their tread
And I have lost the love I had
For words like "skis" and "sled".

But...my fishing rod still fits
And...my baseball bat still hits
I have a kite that wants to fly
So...Winter, call it quits!
-Bobbi Katz

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mychrissy
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Chrissy
Very nice Sylvia, I really enjoyed reading them this morning. :clap:
Chrissy

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Little Kopit
newfoundland
Thanks Sylvia


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Lynne
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Heathertee
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Heather-Central Connecticut
Those are cute. Reminded me of the limerick contest we had over on the other forum. PassinThru was really GOOD at them.
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