Hey Guys..I need some help!

[dancergirl]

I need a poem to read to the class tomorrow! I should have done this a long time ago but I didnt! I would like to use a Shel Silverstien poem but I am not going to be very picky right now! It has to be 12 lines and nothing much longer. Any help would be greatly appriciated!!! Thanks Yall!!!
Jenn

 

[Disney Daniel]

Hey Jenn,

Shel Silverstein
"Falling Up"
I tripped on my shoelace
And I fell up--
Up to the roof tops,
Up over the town,
Up past the tree tops
Up over the moutains,
Up where the colors
Blend into the sounds.
But it got me so dizzy
When I looked around,
I got sick to my stomach
And I threw down.


Just for a little extra credit if needed,

Shel Silverstein was a composer, an artist, and the author of numerous books of prose and poetry for younger readers. His prose works include such modern classics as The Giving Tree (1963), Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (1963), and The Missing Piece (1976), while among his immensely popular poetry collections are Where the Sidewalk Ends (Michigan Young Readers Award, 1974), A Light in the Attic (School Library Journal Best Books Award, 1982), and, most recently, Falling Up (HarperCollins, 1996). Silverstein's work, which he illustrated himself, is characterized by a deft mixing of the sly and the serious, the macabre and the just plain silly. Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, where he was writing from the time he was a young boy. His wicked, giddy humor is beloved by countless adults as well as by children. He died in May 1999.

(Information provided by poets.org)

 

[dancergirl]

Thanks so much Daniel but I already did my poster! I enjoyed reading the poem! I ended up doing one by Jack Prelutsky. It is called "Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face". It is really cute! I am having trouble illistrating it though!!


Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Jack Prelutsky



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Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!


From The New Kid on the Block

 

[Disney Daniel]

Good luck illustrating it.