If I drove the bus
I'd toot my horn
at folks on the street.
Toot, toot, toot.
If I drove the bus
I'd turn on the wipers
and listen to the blades.
Swish, swish, swish.
If I drove the bus
I'd travel up and down hills
and see across the bay
from my high seat.
If I drove the bus
I'd drive straight to you
to pick you up just so
I could show you
the driving I can do.
The inspiration for this poem came from my friend and poetry pal Heidi Mordhorst, who has a blog My Juicy Universe. Hop over to Heidi's blog to read her poem and find out more about the great poetry books for children she has had published. I met Heidi at a Highlight's Founders Workshop in Poetry with David Harrison last May. I hope to see her at the next poetry workshop in 112 days.
So if you could drive a bus, what would you do? Where would you drive? Who would be on the bus with you? Write a poem about your adventure.
You drove the bus to Pineville.
ReplyDeleteYou picked me.
We rode all through Poemville.
We had a great time.
Thanks.
Joan,
DeleteI love your poem. I like the idea of driving to Pineville and riding through Poemville. wouldn't that make a fun story if all the poem characters lived in Poemville. Now there would be a fun place to visit. Can you imagine what the postcards from Poemville would look like?
Thanks for the inspiration.
JOY
Joy,
ReplyDeleteI loved the sound effects you added to some of your stanzas. It reminded me of "The Wheels on the Bus" song.
I used to drive a bus full of K-2 grade students. I was a high school student. Oh, the stories I could tell, but I won't.
What fun it would be to have a bus full of writers and illustrators going on a field trip. That would be a conference on wheels.
Oh Linda, this could be so much fun. A Road Trip for Poetry.
DeleteWOW! And I think you might have a great character and plot line that could develop out of a student who drives the bus. I'm thinking YA. What a huge responsibility. Have you written about it?
I'd love to go on a conference on wheels. Or a bus tour of bookstores. Or a bus of poets who go to schools and hospitals to perform and do mini workshops with kids.
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