April is National Poetry Month! All month long, we'll be celebrating poetry here at Yellow Pencils.
I love animals, and let's face it, some animals look silly, act silly, or have a silly name. Like the three-toed sloth. Or the kiwi. Or the ocelot.
Write a poem about a "silly" animal, your favorite animal, or any animal you think is really cool. Be silly or serious, use rhyme or not, and make up words. Think about your animal, and what makes it special to you.
Here's my silly poem, The Ocelot
The Ocelot
I like the ocelot.
A lot.
I likes its spots
like polka dots.
More often than not
this cat is hot
the tawny, yellow ocelot.
Here's a silly poem by John Gardner.
The Cockatoo
The Cockatoo is widely known
For talking on the telephone
And also (wretched, thoughtless bird)
For hanging up without a word.
And a serious one by Langston Hughes.
The Snail
Little snail,
Dreaming you go,
Weather and rose
Is all you know.
Weather and rose
Is all you see,
Drinking the dewdrop's
Mystery.
What is your animal poem?
