Zombie List
by Harry
Deceased Persian Ninja Zombie
descended to deposit brains,
decided to destroy decayed cranes,
found debris and defined undead.
(originally poster 2/15)
I've Created a...Zombie?
There are very few moments in a mother's life when she can pinpoint change. Kids grow gradually and seeing things change in an instant is rare. Case in point, Harry. Great kid, incredibly smart, loving, a great big brother, all of that. Not one though to relish the idea of a poetry assignment.Until two nights ago. I was making dinner (oh, who am I kidding. I was standing in the kitchen in front of the pencil drawer trying to avoid making dinner) and Harry came up to me, "Mom, I need you to move. I need a pencil, I have to write a poem."
So of course I moved (fell over backwards) and let him write his poem:
If Zombies Made To-Do Lists (title inspired by my last blog post)
If zombies made to-do lists there would be no brains.
If zombies made to-do lists you must be insane.
If zombies made to-do lists there would be a lot of undead.
If zombies made to-do lists...watch out, Fred!
This was that moment. And actually I'm really, really proud of him. For real! He came up with this without any prompting on my part. He used what he's learned about meter and rhyme from his poetry studies, and did I mention that I didn't prompt him at all?
I wonder if they consider kids who write zombie poems for Poet Laureate?
They should.
(2/16)
Zombies Return
Ex PoemPersian ninja zombies excavate rocks,
examine explosions, expel executioners,
expect explorers, exercise executives
in order to find Excalibur.
(2/23)
Don't worry, these zombies don't die either. He's working on one for the "spec" words. I actually love these and hope he continues writing them.
1 comment:
Felicity, Clicked over from TWTM forum. Love the zombie poems. Also, wanted to invite you to visit The LDS Beehive Social Group at the forums. Glad to "meet" you.
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