Today, Poetry on Parade celebrates the creepiest of creatures
and the most curious of cuisine.
Our parade is sss-snaking along
with creative concepts, wonderful words,
rowdy rhythms, and rollicking rhymes!
Our
first poem features a sss-superb creature who makes its home in sss-sweltering tropical
climates, hunts-sss for its dinner in the dark of night, and sss-swallows its
prey whole. Gulp! Mama Boa may give birth to sss-sixty sss-small sss-social boa
babies at a time; however, adult boas prefer sss-solitude and are sss-sizeable, sss-sometimes weighing more than one
hundred pounds and sss-stretching to a length of thirteen sss-stealthy, sss-slinky feet!
Take a look at Julia (poetry narrator), Casey (unsuspecting reader), and Ana
(homemade boa) performing Boa Constrictor by Shel Silverstein:
It’s the stuff of legend: dragons, serpents, and multi-armed beasts! Nautical folklore is full of slimy, scaly, slipper sea monsters, creatures who threaten storm-tossed ships, spout jets of water, and make all manner of maritime mischief. Kevin, Stella, and Brian entertain us with Slithery Dee by Alvin Schwartz:
Our final poem for the day transports us from the depths of the deep blue sea to the depths of our domestic Frigidaire! Peyton, Casey, and Mr. Cleary present Deep in Our Refrigerator by Jack Prelutsky:
The milk may be soured and the quiche may be congealed; the casserole may be curdled and the macaroni salad may be spoiled. There may be too many cooks in the kitchen... but there are never too many poetry enthusiasts in the LMC, and a good poem is never past its sell-by date!
