junior guests present their work, my kids' poems from a workshop Options

[Guest_Toumai_*]

Hi, everyone

My kids went to a poetry workshop recently and had a fabulous time, hearing poetry, writing their own and making huge pictures (on the back of an old roll of wallpaper) to illustrate one. The event was to raise money for 'Children of Chernobyl'. They came home and asked if their work could be put on the web (since mum spends so much time there) ...


Tornado, by Jason (age 8): a shape poem


  Tornados can go at
        about 1200 miles
                per hour. They
                      surround
                       hurricanes
                      or tidal
                    waves.
              Tornados
            a r e
             swirling
               vortices
                 of wind.
                         They
                             can
                                suck
                                 u p
                               things
                           up to
                         as big
                      as a
                  church.
                     They
                       are very
                               deva-
                                     stating
                                          and can
                                          destroy
                                    whole
                                 forests
                           at a time.





My Guinea Pigs  
by Elizabeth (age 6): a prose poem

Our guinea pigs squeak when they are hungry.
When dad squeaks he frightens them.
They eat hay, salad, apple, carrot, grass, dandelion and guinea pig food.

[jgdittier]

Dear Jason and Elizabeth,
I'm a grandfather of 5 here in the "colonies" where we too speak English, but of a different sort.
Our idioms and yours are different, Ask Mum and Pa (here it's Mom and Dad) what "idiom" means.
When I retired and bought a computer I started writing light verse. I became interested in reading and writing like the poets who lived long ago and I found that by setting a goal to encourage the writing of old-style poetry, I persisted even when the doldrums got me.
I hope that you both share your Mum's interest and talent and if
she posts your pieces at MM, I'll read them and respond. If you ever want to ask about how things are over here or tell me how things are over there or talk with my grandson, Trevor, who's 6, my e-mail address is

rbjones02@optonline.net

Cheerio!    jgd    Ron