SEEING RABBITS

A rabbit jumped
through my yard.
He beat his feet 
like a drum.
He stopped
to look me 
in the eye.
As if to say, 
please come.

I could not go
down his rabbit hole
for I surely am
not Alice.
I watched him jump
through my fence posts
off to his rabbit palace. 

   Two days ago I asked my husband if he had seen any rabbits recently.  I had missed seeing them on our morning walks.  He agreed, he hadn't seen any either.  Then this morning I saw to on our walk and when I got home, there was another in the back yard.  I guess the hawk hasn't found all the rabbits.
     For your poetry challenge for today, can you write a haiku about a rabbit?

A children's poem needs a little bit of silly.

PLAYING CHEEKS

I can fill
my cheeks
with air
then I tap
my fingers
there.
Sound comes out
a burst of shout. 
Sounds like a trumpet,
sounds like a drum.
Funny cheek
playing,
here I come.

    Have you ever tried to play your cheeks like a musical instrument?  I had a lot of fun making funny noises while I tried to write this poem.  Good thing I was alone and no one could hear me.  
      Your challenge for today is to write your own poem about a sound.  Have fun writing.

Drummer

Mom and Dad

May I have a drum?

For Christmas

can Santa bring me some?

Drums are the toy that I pick

to play with my own drumming sticks.

I want to drum

Rat-a-tat,

to march to the corner

and then march back.

Marching here,

Rat-a-tat.

Marching there,

Rat-a-tat.

Marching to the corner

and back.

Rat-a-tat,

Rat-a-tat!

     Oh, I can see a list of Christmas toys developing.  What fun. In the back of my mind is another poem from Mom and Dad saying, "No, you can't have a drum." By the end of this poem I can really hear that drumming beat.  It wouldn't take long before I'd be asking for aspirin.  When I get the second poem written, I can then try to write a poem in two voices--or maybe three if you count the voice of the drum.  Have fun writing your own poem today.  Can you try writing a poem that sounds like a musical instrument?