Lafayette School Poetry on Parade
“The poems were cool. The best ones were like bombs, and when all the right words came together it was like an explosion.” -Kwame Alexander
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Some Love to Cook....Others Are Just Lazy
Friday, May 5, 2023
Manic Mondays
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my fun day
My I don't have to run day
It's just another manic Monday
Anyone want a Guinea Pig, Hamster, Crocodile or .... Wild Barbazzoop?
By: Ken Nesbitt
"Always Sprinkle Pepper in Your Hair"
By: Shel Silverstein
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Icky, Tricky, Creepy Odes
Get ready for some poems that have a gross out, creep factor.
Germs, mummies and snakes, Oh My!
Tricky
Mr. Perinotti's class "wrapped" some
mumm-ificent rhymes for us.
Eerie
Our last poem is might make you feel claustrophobic.
It's constricting, to say the least!
Friday, April 22, 2022
Beautiful Mother Earth
LAF celebrates Earth Day
A Bird came down the Walk—
He did not know I saw—
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass—
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass—
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around—
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought—
He stirred his Velvet Head
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home—
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Whimsical, Whacky, Wonderful
Have you ever wanted a new set of parents?
....or maybe a new little sister?
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Old Man with a Beard by Edward Lear |