1. Things by Eloise Greenfield

2. Went to the corner Walked in the store Bought me some candy Ain’t got it no more Ain’t got it no more Went to the beach Played on the shore Built me a sandhouse Ain’t got it no more Ain’t got it no more Went to the kitchen Lay down on the floor Made me a poem Still got it Still got it

3. Way Down in the Music by Eloise Greenfield

4. I get way down in the music Down inside the music I let it wake me
I get way down in the music Down inside the music I let it wake me take me Spin around and make me Uh-get down Inside the sound of the Jackson Five Into the tune of the Earth, Wind, and Fire Down in the bass where the beat comes from Down in the horn and down in the drum I get down I get down I get way down in the music Down inside the music I let it wake me take me Spin me around and shake me I get down, down I get down

5. Riding on the Train I see Fences and fields Barns and bridges
Stations and stores
Trees
Other trains
Horses and hills
Water tanks
Towers
Streams
Old cars
Old men
Roofs
Raindrops crawling backwards on the window

6. I hear
Ruggety-ruggety
Squeakety-squeakety
Rumbledy-rumbledy
Woohn, WOOHN!
Wil-ming-tonnnnnn
I feel my leg jiggling
My bottom bouncing
My shoulders shaking
My head rolling
I’m getting s l e e
p y.

7. Inside my Heart by Zoe Ryder White
Inside my heart lives
One birthday party
Two jazz bands
Three wrestling puppies
Four dancing birds
Five laughing babies
Six blasting spaceships
Seven lucky fireflies and
A sky full of stars.

8. Comparing Feelings Happiness: Sadness Spiderman 3 Flowers blooming
Doing math problems
Georgia Mud Fudge Ice Cream

9. 1. Add a pattern to your poem.
2. Add a comparison to your poem.
I/He/She/It is as ______ as ________
3. Work on another poem.
4. Write a new poem.

10. Bat
My son is a bat. His eyes blink when darkness comes. His body stirs with life. His limbs gorge with blood as he sets out through the cave of night his roof the stars the moon a big white eye watching. Attracted by the false lights he mingles with his batty friends weaving in and out of nightclubs endless parties each other’s places till sensing the sudden ebb of darkness he flutters home a cloaked Dracula to the hollow of his room where he will sleep all day.

11. My Mum
My mum is a general. She stalks through the house telling me what to do. She then sleeps throughout the night. But when she wakes up..... her medals clanking, stars shining & roars us to attention she barks orders as she charges through the house: " Lisa, do the dishes ! " " Lisa, clean your room ! " then crawls back to her bedroom while we, her dutiful soldiers carry out her orders.