DONKEY

Our donkey calls
at the break of day
Hee-Haw, Hee-Haw
in his donkey bray.

I think our donkey
is trying to say,
Will someone come
to feed me?


     I'm having fun playing with my art supplies again.  I'm not sure my donkey's ears are long enough.  If you had a pet donkey, what would you do with it?  Poet and journalist May Sarton had a pet donkey.  She has written a book about him,  The Poet and the Donkey, and many poems.

A brown donkey

in the field today

eats the grass

and munches the hay.

If he's ignored

he will bray.

Listen and you'll hear

him say,

hee-haw, hee-haw.

     This picture is another one I took on my recent trip to North Carolina.  Can you draw a picture, take a photo of your own or find a picture in a magazine to write a poem to go with it?  Have fun.

bees dance

on the fairy duster.

springtime pollinators

oh, the magic of bees!

     Don't you love the name for this plant? Quick time yourself for a moment.  How many flowering plants can you name in a minute?

On my walk this morning

I saw belted Galloway cows,

a donkey, pygmy goats, 

a red tailed hawk,

a Great Blue Heron,

two gold finch

a cardinal female

a squirrel

a robin,

a mockingbird,

a brown sparrow,

Then later in the day 

I saw a huge black turkey vulture.

I'd say it was a pretty good day.

    Can you make a list of all the animals you see today?  Or if you'd rather you could make a list of all the plants you see today.  Use this data to write your own list poem.  Have a great day.