Poetry Suggestions for Kids
Poets love to play with words and take the ordinary and make it special. Poets love to tell little stories with as few words as possible. Poets are dreamers. Poets don't always make sense. Do you know a few Nursery Rhymes? This is one that I like. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!"
I like the sound of "Humpty Dumpty" and it's repeated in the second line. I enjoy saying it twice. The poem usually comes with an illustration. So I know he's a rather large egg. And he must have been important because all of the king's horses and men tried to put him back together again. Such a silly story inside a poem! But why do you remember it? The end words rhyme — wall and fall, men and again. The rhyme helps you remember the "story" in the poem. So what have you discovered so far?Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!"
- It's okay to be silly in poems and rhyme words.
- Poems can tell mini-stories. You can do that in your poems!
- Poets don't always make sense. Don't worry too much about what your poem really means. Just have some fun with words.
- Repeating words in a poem is fine, as long as it sounds good.
- To make sure you poem is good, you will need to read it aloud again and again to yourself.
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