Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Double Trouble: Look Alike Day

Happy Look Alike Day, Poetry Paraders! We'll start at our heads and work down to our toes: we'll copy hairstyles, we'll dress alike, and we'll wear matching shoes with matching shoe laces. We'll practice walking alike and talking alike.  We'll eat the same food, make the same facial expressions, and do our homework at the same time.  We have one day to be as identical to someone else as possible. We'll even read poetry together!  Our Look Alike Day poems feature copycat titles, use copycat language... and they're all about copycat twins who create double double trouble trouble!

Twins
Twins

Fred and Ted are twins.
Fred and Ted are twins.

They always dress the same.
They always dress the same.

Teddy tears the curtains.
Teddy tears the curtains.

Freddy gets the blame.
Freddy gets the blame.

-- Douglas Florian

The Want-Want Twins

We are the Want-Want Twins.
We go from shop to shop.
We are the Want-Want Twins.
We don't know how to stop.
One day it's a bow and arrow.
Another it's a dinosaur.
What are we going to get tomorrow?
More. More. More.

We are the Want-Want Twins.
Our eyes sharp shiny pins.
Our hands quick shark's fins.
We go from shop to shop.
One day it's the game Frustration.
We don't know what we need.
Another it is compensation.
Greed. Greed. Greed.

We are the Want-Want Twins.
We're completely over the top.
We are the Want-Want Twins.
We don't know how to stop.
We send our parents every night
A list that goes like this:
2 new bikes.  Don't be tight.
X.X.X.

We are the Want-Want Twins.
Money grows on trees.
We are the Want-Want Twins.
We are the bee's knees.
All we want is everything.
We don't know how to stop.
We will be the Want-Want Twins till we
Drop. Drop. Drop.

-- Brian Patten

It's a day so nice, we'll shout it twice:
Happy Look Alike Day, Poetry Paraders!  Happy Look Alike Day, Poetry Paraders!

1 comment:

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    Happy Look Alike Day!

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