What's In There?

    Today's poem written for two or more voices using a repetitive chant.  Maybe it is my irregular eating habit lately that has me thinking food!

SOMETHING IN MY FOOD

Mama, oh Mama!

Look in there,

In my milk

There’s a hair.

Drink it child

And do not sass.

How else will you grow

A milk mustache?

Daddy, oh Daddy!

What’s the big deal?

There’s a cricket

In my oatmeal.

Hurry to eat it,

And get the froth,

Munch it quickly

‘Fore it jumps off.

Granny, oh Granny!

There’s a fly

Sitting in my

Chicken potpie.

Eat it child.

Just blow off that fuzz.

How else will you get

A good fly buzz?

Granddaddy, oh Granddaddy!

They’ve tried to hide her,

But inside my hamburger

There’s spider.

Hush now child.

Don’t be mean.

It’s just some good

Lean protein.

TIGER POEM

I see a tiger in the jungle
and his eyes are shining bright.

I see a tiger in the jungle
and his teeth are big and white.

I see a tiger in the jungle
and he's running fast and free.

I see a tiger in the jungle
and he is going to eat. . .
     G
       U
         L
           P
             !


     This poem uses a repetitive line, "I see a tiger in the jungle," which makes it like a chant and easy to use as a poem in 2 voices.  One person (or half the group) can say the first line of each stanza, and the second person (or second half of the group) can say the second line of each stanza.  Then everyone can say the last word together.  Have you tried writing a poem that can be used by two voices?