CHLOE'S BOXES

Chloe loves boxes.
She likes big boxes.
She uses them to build
wagons,
trains, 
planes,
and even rockets.

Chloe loves little boxes,
She uses them
to hold her
rocks,
feathers, 
stamps,
and pennies
like a bank.

Chloe loves to decorate
her boxes.
She colors,
paints,
glues,
and stickers 
her boxes.

Every year at Christmas
Chloe likes to give away
her boxes
to Mother,
to Father,
to her Grandmother,
to her brother
even to the postman.

But this box
Chloe has saved
especially for you.
Can you guess
what is inside?

Merry Christmas.


     Today can you write a poem about what Chloe put into your box?  What would you like it to be?  Have fun.

School Picture

School picture

first grade,

Mother had me wear

a starched white blouse

and a pleated skirt.

She pinned her Dutch girls 

at my neck.

The night before

I had difficulty sleeping,

the hard curlers

cut into my head

trying to make pipe curls

of my stubborn hair.

"Remember to smile,"

my mother said.

"And if it's a good photo

we'll send it to your grandmother."

     Why is it we are told to smile for photographs?  Why do we dress up?  What are some other occasions you have to dress up for?  Can you write a poem about one of those occasions?  Do have fun.  Use your imagination and make up an event.  Tell us what you'll wear.