Tuesday 24 April 2012

Auntie Gravity


Auntie Gravity
My sweet old Auntie Gravity
bakes all the lightest cakes.
Her "Secret X" ingredient
is all it ever takes.

A single splash of Secret X
provides her pies a lift.
A smidgen more and suddenly
her doughnuts are adrift.

A pinch upon her pancakes
and they rise above the plate.
A dash will make her danishes
begin to levitate.

Her muffins start to hover
from the tiniest of specks.
Her bagels float and flutter
when she uses Secret X.

But, sadly, Auntie Gravity
is known to make mistakes,
and may have used a bit too much
in several pies and cakes.

She ate a plate of chocolate cake
and tried a slice of mince.
I miss my Auntie Gravity;
we haven't seen her since.
Kenn Nesbitt


April 26: Poem in your pocket day. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2011/04/april-poetry-month-bulletin-board-we.html


My mother makes prickly pear pastries


My mother makes prickly pear pastries
My mother makes prickly pear pastries.
My mother makes prickly pear pies.
She's known for her prickly pear donuts
and flavorful prickly pear fries.

She sometimes makes prickly pear muffins
or prickly pear cookies and cakes.
She likes making prickly pear pizzas
and prickly pear smoothies and shakes.

I'll bet she could write a whole cookbook
with all kinds of prickly pear food.
I'm sure you'd have no trouble guessing
what every last page would include.

I might even like her concoctions,
and wouldn't just snicker and scoff,
if once in a while she'd remember
to take all the prickly parts off.

Kenn Nesbitt



April 26: Poem in your pocket day. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2011/04/april-poetry-month-bulletin-board-we.html


Sunny Drum


Sunny Drum

There was a man,
Lived in the sun,
Lived in the sun,
And his name was Sunny Drum,

And his hair was made of spaghetti,
And his name was Sunny Drum

April 26: Poem in your pocket day. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2011/04/april-poetry-month-bulletin-board-we.html


Monday 23 April 2012

Saturday 21 April 2012

Poetry Plus


Poetry Plus
This program encourages students who have been removed from a
family/home environment to talk about their feelings through poetry
reading and writing. This program is designed to reinforce feelings of
well-being and self-confidence and to encourage their belief that with
enough support and encouragement, these children can move
mountains.

Monday 16 April 2012

I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room

A Funny Cat Poem for Kids

I taught my cat to clean my room,
to use a bucket, brush and broom,
to dust my books and picture frames,
and pick up all my toys and games.

He puts my pants and shirts away,
and makes my bed, and I should say
it seems to me it's only fair
he puts away my underwear.

In fact, I think he's got it made.
I'm not too happy with our trade.
He may pick up my shoes and socks,
but I clean out his litterbox.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Silly and funny poems by Kenn Nesbitt

For more poems by Kenn Nesbitt, visit www.poetry4kids.com




April 26: Poem in your pocket day. http://librarypathwaysandfootprints.blogspot.ca/2011/04/april-poetry-month-bulletin-board-we.html


Saturday 14 April 2012

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Orion

Orion is celebrating National Poetry Month by highlighting a poem from their archives every day in April. Check back here daily to see their selections, or get poems delivered.

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/6829/