Here Comes Our Annual Parade of Poetry!

Ah, April: it’s a hand-clapping, foot-stomping, rhythm-jamming, rhyme-slamming time of year!  Once again, Lafayette School is celebrating National Poetry Month—a thirty-day opportunity for Poetry Paraders to read poems, write poems, perform poems, and share the magic of poetry with friends and family.  

 

Poetry invites us to look at the world in new and exciting ways.  For example: what happens when an aquatic reptile visits a dental health care professional?  Let’s get our parade started with The Crocodile's Toothache, written by Shel Silverstein and performed by puppeteers Casey D. and Michael R:

Well, that puppet poetry performance painted a colorful picture!  (We're using lots of alliteration today). Speaking of colorful, take a look at these Lafayette Originals:

Blue

Blue the color of the sea.

Blue the color of eyes.

Blue different shades it comes in.

Blue is a color of gems and diamonds.

Blue the color of clothing.
Blue my favorite of all.

~Kiara W.

Created by Grace T.

Haiku

Beautiful flowers
Come in all shapes and sizes
Colorful petals

~Anna S.

Haiku Illustrations by Marianna Z.

Eyes

Blue eyes, Green eyes

Hazel eyes or maybe Evil eyes

To learn their expression

To know how they feel  

Big eyes, Little eyes

It doesn't matter

You see through them 

To play to laugh to giggle

Close you eyes and you'll see what's

Inside.

~Kiara W.

Haiku

I can't see a thing

I'm thinking I have gone blind

Who turned off the lights?

~Matthew S.