Baby Eats

Baby eats her O's.
Baby eats her mush.
As she eats she throws
it on the rest of us.

     Hey, it is Wednesday, hump day.  Your work week is half over.  I hope you are having a great week.  I certainly am.
     Besides eating and wearing, what are some other things you can do with food?  Think about it for a moment.  Now can you write a poem about that?  Surprise me.  For that matter, did you surprise yourself?  Have fun with your poetry writing.  Enjoy.
    Thank you for stopping by and reading my little poem for today.

Baby Is Eating Carrots

Carrots on my face.
Carrots in my tummy.
Carrots are so
yummy,
      Yummy,
             YUMMY!



    I'm back to writing baby poems again.  What are some of the silly rhymes and chants you know that parents play with to help baby eat?  Can you write your own chant today?  Have you ever seen an adult play like the spoon was an airplane coming in for a landing in baby's mouth?  Have fun writing.

Happy Cinco de Mayo

On Cinco de Mayo
mi familia has a fiesta.
We sing and dance
and eat lots of food.
Tia Margarita brings tamales,
Tia Anna brings the enchiladas.
Mama and I and my sisters
make the tacos and burritos.
My papa plays his guitar.
Tio brings a piñata.
All the children
take turns swinging the bat
to hit the piñata
and to grab the dulces 
that come flying out.
I hope your Cinco de Mayo
is a sweet as ours.


    Today's poem is a free verse poem.  I've used several Spanish words in the poem.  Can you find them?  Your challenge for today is to write a poem using a word from another language.  Have fun writing.

Never Ending Poem

Pancakes for breakfast,
pancakes for lunch,
I like pancakes
a bunch,
      Bunch
          BUNCH!


     Now, you might ask, why did I title this a Never Ending Poem?  Because it can have almost unlimited stanzas if you want to play a poetry game.  Each person can add a stanza but first must repeat all the previous stanzas.

Pineapple for breakfast,
pineapple for lunch,
I like pineapple
a bunch,
      Bunch
          BUNCH!

 Think of all the foods you could put into stanzas for this poem.  Or someone could name a topic like citrus fruits, flowers, trees, shoes.  The first person's stanza would have the topic word and then everyone playing could supply an example for the next stanzas.
  This could also work as a jump rope rhyme and everyone who comes in has to add a verse.  Then 

Too many pancakes for lunch,
Too many pancakes for dinner,
I jump rope
to get 
    thinner,
        Thinner,
             THINNER!
  
   You are welcome to leave your verses in the comments.  I hope you are having a good day writing. Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo.  What will you do to celebrate?  Will you write a poem about that?

haiku abude

Saturday morning
rooster crows to raise the sun
sad to say farewell

   Today's haiku is an aubade.  A morning poem.  Can you write your own poem to praise the morning?
   Another special occasion poem is the epithalamium, a poem written on the occasion of someone's wedding.  Do you have a special occasion coming up--Mother's Day, a birthday, last day of school, teacher appreciation day.  If you wrote a poem for the person you want to honor, that would be an occasional poem.  Try writing an occasional poem for your mom on the occasion of Mother's Day.  Have fun.

haiku

Polite dragon sleeps
at the top of the mountain
clouds caught in a lei

Many plumeria trees
are blooming.
You can smell them.

       Here are two form poems for today.  Can you try writing your own form poem today? 

Aloha

Today is the first of May
I wish you a Happy Lei Day
It's May Day
I hope is is a sun day
I hope it is a fun day
for you.
Happy first of May.



     So did you remember to turn around three time this morning and say, "Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit," to have a lucky month?  What are some other things you do for good luck?  Can you write a poem about luck today?