Poetry

There has been a lot of talk about poems and poetry around here lately.  A few weeks ago we picked up the newest Shel Silverstein book Everything On It and we have really been enjoying it (much like we love his many other books - The Giving Tree is our absolute favorite!)  We have also been reading The Tree That Time Built which is a great compilation of poetry all about nature and imagination.  Then there was that episode of Arthur on PBS the other day about poetry (he's an aardvark, right?)  After that little V decided it was time to get to work on her first piece of original poetry.  Out came the pencils and paper and to work she went...

There's a pumpkin, there's a pumpkin

sitting on my gate.

Such a scary pumpkin.

Oh my, it's getting late.

It's not a pumpkin, it's not a pumpkin.

it's a Jack-o-lantern!