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Monday, January 30, 2012

Halfway to the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea


Henry Haddock met
Hannah Halibut
halfway to the bottom
of the deep blue sea.

Said Henry to Hannah,
"You've stolen my heart.
Will you marry me,
halfway to the bottom
of the deep blue sea?"

Said Hannah to Henry,
"You are a handsome fish,
my husband you will be
halfway to the bottom
of the deep blue sea."
 
So they hired a humpback whale
to do their ceremony
halfway to the bottom
of the deep blue sea.
 
There they lived happily
and had hundreds of little fishies
halfway to the bottom
of the deep blue sea.
    

How many "h's" can you find in this poem?  Can you make your own list of "h" words?  How can you put those words together to write your own poem?  This would be a good poem to stress the sense of hearing.  Have fun.
    I owe inspiration for this poem to Pat and Don Murphy.  We had dinner with them last night at a sea food restaurant and I mentioned I was working on an "H" poem. They suggested the "h" fish.  
    When I told my sister about the haddock and halibut, she suggested I add a humpback whale.  So of course, the whale had to do the ceremony. 
     Today on our walk I recited this poem to my husband and he pointed out that haddock and halibut are bottom dwellers.  But I told him they would never get married anyway and if a frog could marry the mouse, I could have a halibut marry a haddock and have baby fishies, halfway to the bottom of the deep blue sea
     Actually that is the phrase I like best about this poem.  This can be done as a poem in two voices with the audience (or children) repeating the phrase, halfway to the bottom of the deep blue sea.  Enjoy.

4 comments:

  1. This reminds me of my childhood favorite, "The Owl and the Pussycat"!

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  2. I love (to eat) halibut... and I love your poetry! :)

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  3. Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. Maybe I'll have to work on a stanza where they invite a Hawaiian Hake (another fish) on their honeymoon. Too many "h"s.

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  4. Joy,
    I love to hear the phrase "halfway to the bottom of the deep blue sea." Could there be wedding attendants or presents brought to the happy couple? Could the Hawaiian Hake be a suitor Hannah shunned? Is there a picture book possibility here?

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