Fionacat & Amyghost
Photo by Henry LV
Students - Happy Halloween! I love Halloween, mostly because I love making costumes and carving jack o'lanterns. When I was a girl, my dad and I would always get big appliance boxes, and we'd make crazy costumes: stove, refrigerator, table... It is tons of fun to make a costume from old clothes and crazy bits of this and that. Tonight I will be a ghost. We had a couple of white sheets leftover from our girls' toga day at high school, and so one is now the ghost costume you see above. Our children are dressing up as a sea anemone, a plastic army guy, and Robin Hood.
Today's
poem is simply a set of directions, a how-to poem, a list. I had fun
imagining all of the different things that would be important for a
person who wishes to dress as a ghost, especially the
black-cat-hugging-part as our little Fiona celebrates her first
Halloween this year.
As
with any list poem, I like to to have a bit of a twist, a surprise at
the end. Wouldn't it be funny to be snuggled in your bed and to find two
eyeholes in your top sheet?
Linda is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup over at TeacherDance. There you will find a gathering of poems, poets, and poetry news all around the Kidlitosphere this week.
Happy Poetry Halloween Friday!
Linda is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup over at TeacherDance. There you will find a gathering of poems, poets, and poetry news all around the Kidlitosphere this week.
Happy Poetry Halloween Friday!
Please share a comment below if you wish.
Such fun, and "our" ghost costume is now in the hands of the granddaughters. It only has two eyes, however, but works very well when floating. Thanks Amy, but the best was the end-so fun! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteAmy, this morning I woke to your tweet to go over to Linda's post and then over to site. What fun to read your list poem. It has such a lilt to it and the ending was the charmer-bedclothes with eyes. Oops! My big toe would go right through that spot. This actually happened one sleepy night but the sheet was not designated as a costume. Have fun this Halloween night.
ReplyDeleteLove your happy ghostly costume list poem. My dog likes to make costumes with his sleeping blanket.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to celebrate today - reading your floaty poem and remembering all the costumes we conjured up as kids! (My own kids, too, of course, but somehow my brother and I were more Halloween-crazy growing up than my own progeny.)
ReplyDeleteAmy, you always deliver a special treat when you write a poem. This is just so much fun! Love it!
ReplyDeleteVery cute...love the ending!
ReplyDeleteGreat how-to poem! I love the idea of a ghost wearing "a string of pearls"! Happy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! So many lovely twists to ghost-making, Amy. And such fun to hear you recite, too.
ReplyDeleteSo cute, Amyghost!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun poem! Thanks for sharing it here. I love it.
ReplyDeleteAmy,
ReplyDeleteThe ending was funny to me! I also liked suggesting dressing with pearls. I can see kids trying it.
Thanks for the treat!
Visiting with your ghost post-Halloween, Amy. My favorite lines are "Practice swooping. Practice 'Boo!'" I love the rhythm and the double "oo" sound there.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too late to love this poem, I hope! It properly honors and glorifies the simplest of costumes. Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!
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