I SAW A PANDA

Oh, yes! I want to scream.

I saw a panda

eating ice cream.

The bamboo flavor,

he gave it a lick.

The panda loved it;

he ate it up quick.

    What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Do you know that zoos often make nutritious popsicles for the animals to cool off during the summer heat?  Does the zoo near you do this?  What is your favorite zoo animal?  Can you write a poem today about what the summer is like for that animal?  If it went on a vacation, where would the animal go?  Have fun writing your poem.

Ice cream, like children's poems, comes in

 all sorts of flavors.

Food

A young panda

eats bamboo leaves

to get the moisture

that it needs.

A young koala

likes eating

sweet gum leaves

as it climbs

among the trees.

A young joey

in his mother's pouch

drinks her milk

and doesn't come out.

Me, I'm a kid

as you can see

and I like eating

lots and lots

of pizza,

please.

       What is your favorite food?  Can you write a poem about the foods you like to eat?

Silly Rhyme

A plumed cockatoo

perched high in bamboo

caused quite a to do

by squawking yoo-hoo, yoo-hoo,

to each gnu and caribou

that she saw pass

below in the grass.

     Do you ever have days when you just feel like being silly?  That's how I feel today.  I don't even know where this poem came from. It probably isn't fair to call this a poem, just the beginnings of one, that I'll probably want to play with more later.   I do know that these words jumbled into my mouth and it felt pretty good to tickle around with them.  They set up a rhythm that had my feet marching and I had a hard time getting out.  So I invite you to be silly today too.  Find some words that you like the feel of in your mouth and see what comes out. Just play with the words and have fun.  You might want to grab a rhyming dictionary and find a random page that appeals to your mouth or eyes and see what happens.  I own 6 different rhyming dictionaries and some days I just like reading these books.  I hope you have a day filled reading, writing and laughter.