Oh, dear! What should I do?
I opened my mouth
and a boat with Jonah
came in too.
A boat and Jonah,
I should note
are stuck
down there
inside my throat.
Oh, dear! What can I say?
I've coughed and coughed
but they won't go away.
Oh, dear! I feel quite ill.
No matter my effort,
they're stuck there still.
Oh, dear! I don't want
Jonah for a guest.
With him in my throat
I can not rest.
Oh, dear! On keeping them
I'm not too keen,
I like food filtered
through my baleen.
Oh, dear! I'm surely stuck.
that wooden boat
is my bad luck.
Oh, dear! I can't take much more.
My throat is raw
and very sore.
Oh, dear! I don't want to pout.
Can you tell me
how to get them out?
This is a poem that works well for a group reading. The group can repeat the refrain of, "Oh dear!" or members of the group can be given separate lines. Can you try writing you own poem with a repeated line today?
Typo... Need to change before u put it in ur keeping file... Stanza 5 ... Have Noah... Should be Jonah ... Ily. Cloey
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Cloey. I appreciate your good eyes. Keep up the good work. I need you as a reader.
DeleteI've often wondered how that whale felt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, BJ, Me too. I always wondered what a whale was supposed to do.
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