POPSICLES

In spring, I like licking popsicles,
icy cold, juicy popsicles,
red ones to share with a friend
ones with two wooden sticks
we split them in half
each takes a stick
then a lick
juicy,
friends.


     This is a nonce form called a nonet.  It is made from nine lines, with nine syllables in the first line, and then one less syllable in each subsequent line, ending with a one syllable line.  Your challenge today is to try writing your own nonet.  Have fun.

Popsicles

It is sooo hot in Tucson.  Yesterday it was 104 degrees, which is quite a change from the 78 in Honesdale, PA-- that is where I was in the morning before I flew home. 

Now that it is summertime, it is the perfect time for popsicles.  What is your favorite flavor?  I love the red ones.  They taste like cherry and turn my tongue and lips red.  Do you share your popsicles with a sister or brother?  I have a friend who loves the root beer flavor and we each get half of the other's popsicle.  What is the best thing about popsicles for you?  Can you write a poem about eating popsicles?

POPSICLES

A chilly little taste
a frosty little lick
a bit of icy cold
on a popsicle stick.