A Winter Wish

Willie wished for winter wilted watermelon.

Monkeys at School

The monkeys went to school

Which was against the rule

 

They played and hissed and screeched.

The teacher could not teach.

 

The monkeys climbed a tree.

The students fought to see

 

The principal made a frown

The monkeys would not come down

 

They climbed across the roof

They made a Godzilla spoof

 

So then I had a hunch

Bananas by the bunch

The monkeys did come down

And then they ran around

 

I had saved the day

The monkeys ran away.

 

This poem started as a writing prompt on my teaching blog Artistry of Education.

A Math Spies Nonet

Colonel Chaos is at it again

He hired a hacker to spoil

The Math Spies Mathalator

Will he succeed or fail?

The Math Spies are good

Using awesome

Arithmetic

Skills to

Solve

This Math Spies Episode begins here: Math Spies Episode 5 -- Coded Messages

An Out of Luck Duck

My truck got stuck into the muck.

A moonstruck duck had run amok.

I missed that duck which ran amok.

Its feathers I now wish to pluck.

But the duck and the truck are now out of luck.

Merry-Go-Round

 

I sit on the merry-go-round at the park
My back against the center
And watch the world travel in a circle.
I face out at the world and go
Round and round and round and round
Faster, faster
So dizzy

Good Behavior

Good behavior

Is a matter

Of the right time

And the right place.

Heroes Acrostic

Heroes are

Ever

Ready to save

On guard against crime

Everywhere

Suspect, beware!

Hooray for the Bystander!

A new student came to our school

Another student was quite cruel

He ignored the bullying rule

His behavior was uncool.

 

A bystander would save the day.

She asked the girl to come and play.

The two new friends just walked away

From the bully without delay.

Hooray!

Rainy Day Recess

Rainy day recess

is no fun

for teachers either

Itch, itch

I have a flea
Oh woe is me

Lewis and Clark Clerihew

A team named Lewis and Clark

Decided they’d make their mark.

They journeyed across the land

And returned later than they’d planned.

Dangerous Laundry Basket

Cat in the laundry
Be careful
Wants to be hidden

Unexpected Wakeup

Five o'clock AM
Did not mean to set alarm
Saturday morning

Smile!

Smile

blissful, content

beaming, delighting, pleasing

face, expression, countenance, look

smirking, welcoming, encouraging

cheerful, joyous

Grin

Happy Valentines Day!

What do you call a chocolate trade?
A truffle shuffle

A Viking Valentine

Victor Viking viewed vainglorious valentines.

Extreme Daydreaming

She sat so still and looked up at the sky.
A vampire bat appeared beneath the cloud.
The clouds were dark and heavy filled with rain.
Mosquitos vanished in the frozen air.
The sky above had lost all trace of blue.
Waiting for spring and promise of the sun.

.

In bitter cold she truly missed the sun.

Yet she sat and looked up at the sky.

The rain fell hard on her umbrella blue.

Precipitation emptied from the cloud.

Her clothes were soaked with the wettest air.

Yet she didn't seem to feel the rain.

 

 

The umbrella did not work against this rain.

It was better suited for beach and sun.

A gust of wind tossed it through the air.

The umbrella sailed away into the sky.

And lanched itself into an angry cloud.

Did the girl miss her umbrella blue?

 

She did not miss her lost umbrella blue.

She continued to sit out in the rain.

A dreamland had kept her in a cloud.

For all she knew she stil sat in the sun

A lazy cloud just drifting 'cross the sky

A flock of birds rising to the air

And still the girl stared intently in the air
The clouds revealed a sky of navy blue
A owl's hoot called across the night's sky.
Some mice scurried to avoid the dwindling rain.
They found a hiding place to wait the sun.
The moon began to shine behind the cloud.

And then the sun began to show beneath the cloud
The dew-gripped grass was damp with morning air.
A warmth returned with the rising sun.
The morning sky had turned a lighter blue.
The day began without a drop of rain.
And still she sat and looked up at the sky.



 

She lived inside a castle on a cloud.
She breathed a quite imaginary air.
She did not have the sense to leave the rain.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird chatters
"Fill my feeder!"
Dive-bombs me
While I
Try

Fish Dish

My cat caught me dinner.

I don't think it's a winner.

 

 

Ode to a Video Game

I really should

Be doing work,

But there you lurk

And so I would

 

Sit down a bit.

I must admit

An hour passed

Much too fast.

Just one more level.

You are a devil!

A New Fire Extinguisher

Fire extinguisher

Keep a bottle of

Gatorade as a

New flame retardant

By your kitchen stove

 

Inspired by "Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient" at http://on-msn.com/10MSOVo

Elk at Recess

An elk at recess
I don't feel safe on the slide.
Someone left the gate
Open again and I'm sure
We will have more visitors.

Inspired by the article "At Grand Canyon, elk are getting pesky" http://bit.ly/Vp5e9m

Lay Down Your Medals

If someone has to win

Then someone has to lose

No cooperation

There are times we all need

To lay down our awards

font by Frogs and Cupcakes

Three Wishes

Genie in a lamp

Three wishes

What will you wish for?

font by Frogs and Cupcakes

Journey Acrostic

Journey

Onward we go

Uphill and down

Round the globe

Never looking back

Every minute repeating “Are we there

Yet?”

More Snow

My
Life is
Filled with snow.

Left Behind

I miss the sweater I left behind on the bus.

I’m cold without it.

My parents are angry.

I want to go back in time and retrieve it.

Will it still be there when I ride the bus again?

Time moves on like the bus

And we can’t retrieve the things we leave behind.

February Trudges

February trudges along
In grey snow boots
Through the grey slush
On the grey sidewalk
Under a grey sky
The snow melts forming puddles on the floor.