Monday's Poem: Big City Tea Party

Big City Tea Party

Tea Party!  Tea Party!

Box, pillows, bear;

Box is on the balcony;

Party's out there.

Box makes the table.

Pillows make the chairs.

Bear wears a happy smile;

I love my teddy bear.

Bear's brought a cookie.

I brought the tea.

I have an old tea set

A neighbor gave to me.

Tea pot lid is missing.

We only have one cup.

Bear and I don't mind at all.

We make what's missing up.

Our royal castle's in the sky

Seven stories high.

Our kingdom is the neighborhood

And pigeons that fly by.

We share a crumb of cookie

With pigeons when they rest.

They don't want tea like bear and me;

They're simply cookie guests.

Tea Party!  Tea Party!

Come and have some tea.

You're welcome to the party

With bear and birds and me.

Monday's Poem: Thistle in My Whistle

Thistle in My Whistle

Thistle bristles in my whistle;

Sister slipped the thistle in.

Now my whistle doesn't tweet;

My whistle threet, threet, threets.

Sister used to be so thweet;

I'm glad she's almost three.

Since sister slipped the thistle in,

My whistle threet, threet, threets.

                                         Anne Knowles

Monday's Poem: Summery Yum Yum

Summery Yum Yum

Greenery leafery

summery heat;

Gopher stole a beet

from under my feet.

Greenery leafery

 summery fun;

Gopher stole another

and gave me one.

Summery yum yum,

summery treats;

One plus one

equals two tasty beets.

                             Anne Knowles

Monday's Poem: All Aboard

All Aboard

My choo choo train is chair chair chair.

It carries me and my teddy bear.

It carries my snack,

And sister in the back,

 And an engineer flicking his tail, tail, tail.
 

We chugga chug chug past big, pillow hills,

And coffee table towns, and river window sills.

Our puppies are the cows;

Their mama moos, "Bow Wow;"

And the engineer toots, "MEOW.....OW.....OW!"

                                                               Anne Knowles 

Monday's Poem: No Wind Today

No Wind Today

Dandy dandelion,

Today's wind isn't handy.

There's not a huff

To spread your fluff,

Dandy dandelion.

I can be quite handy,

Dandy, dandelion.

I know you need

To spread your seeds,

So PUFF!

                          PUFF!

                                               PUFF!

       

                                                                           Anne Knowles

Monday's Poem: Learning

Learning

Johnny, Johnny loved his cow.

Cow loved Johnny, too.

Johnny took his cow to school.

Cow said, "Moo plus moo."

Moo plus moo is two, indeed.

Two moos plus moo is three.

That's how Johnny learned his sums,

(But not his A, B, C's).

Monday's Poem: My Pet Snake Escaped!

My Pet Snake Escaped!

Dog's in the stairwell;

Cat's in a box;

Snake's crawling somewhere;

I'm throwing rocks.

Mom's yelling, "Get inside;"

Dad's looking mad;

Snake's crawling somewhere;

I think they think that's bad.

Brother's grunting, "Yucky!"

Sister's screaming, "Eek!"

Snake's crawling somewhere

And has been for a week.

Crawling on my stomach;

Searching everywhere;

Snake's crawling...Uh Oh!

Up my mother's chair.

Oops!  Mother's fast asleep.

Silence!  Shhh!  Hush!

Snake's sleeping on her lap.

Shush!  Shush!  Shush!

                         

                        Anne Knowles