As Poetry on Parade marches through Springtime, we're discovering that many of our favorite poems feature creatures: all sorts of creatures... real or imagined, great and small, scary and silly.
First, let's read a great poem about a great creature. Eletelephony, written by Laura Elizabeth Richards, includes wonderful wordplay and ridiculous rhyme. The tongue-twisty poem doesn't specify whether the enormous, plant-munching mammal in question is of African or Asian variety. We wonder: which species is more likely to pick up a telephone?
Eletelephony
Once there was an
elephant,
Who tried to use the
telephant—
No! No! I mean an
elephone
Who tried to use the
telephone—
(Dear me! I am not
certain quite
That even now I’ve got
it right.)
Howe’er it was, he got
his trunk
Entangled in the
telephunk;
The more he tried to get
it free,
The louder buzzed the
telephee—
(I fear I’d better drop
the song
Of elephop and
telephong!)
Next up, we share a poetic moment with creatures of the small and squeaky variety; namely, minuscule rodents with pointed snouts, rounded ears, and long hairless tails. Eek! Elizabeth and Paige read Mice, a whimsical poem by English poet Rose Fyleman:
When we think of scary creatures, frightening and unfriendly monsters come to mind. Fortunately, these scary creatures are also imaginary creatures! Here's The Monster, written by James Proimos and performed by Kyle:
Sometimes, the creature is silly and the poem is porky! Take a look at My Pig Put on a Bathing Suit, written by Jack Prelutsky, with a video presentation created by Harrison and John O.
By most accounts, pigs are intelligent, highly social omnivores, which means they would probably enjoy reading, sharing... and eating poetry!
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