LITTLE MINNOWS*

Little minnows swim
with a tail swish
going round and round
in their minnow dish.

Their tiny fins flap
to and fro
making those minnows
go, go, go.


    This is another poem based on movement.  Can you count the number of words in each line? Can you write your own poem that uses movement for it's inspiration?  Have fun writing.


* Heidi, this poem is for you.

Little Puffer Fish

If you go swimming
in a blue lagoon
you might see a fish
who is a big balloon.

Most the time he is
little and flat,
but if there is danger
he puffs up fat.

Stay away from him;
he is poisonous,
swimming too close
is very dangerous.

A puffer fish
has tiny fins.
When he puffs up
he floats more than swims.



     It is fish poetry day.  Can you write a poem today about a fish?  Can you read your poem to a fish?  If you were a fish what kind of poem would you like to hear?