An Extra Post for Poetry Friday!

Greetings again! Today I have a special second Poetry Friday post for everybody. This morning I was greeted by a cheerful e-mail from second grade teacher Mrs. Laurie Luft in the Spencerport School District near Rochester, NY. She told me that her class reads regularly here, and that they are learning about blogs.

Later in the afternoon, Laurie sent this wonderful poem by Trevor, a young writer in her class. If you've ever cut onions, you will certainly agree that this is not only a clever poem, but it holds a great idea too. When I make soup this evening, I may just reach for my son Henry's blue goggles! Did you notice Trevor's neat use of counting in line 4?

Swimming Goggles

Swimming goggles

for cutting up onions

with a sharp knife

cutting 1, 2, 3, 4

and still have more.

by Trevor

Sometimes when I read poems, I get ideas for new poems.  Doesn't this poem make you wonder what other objects could be used for different purposes? Hmmm....

Happy Poetry Weekend to everyone!  And many thanks to Trevor and Laurie for sharing their love of words, poems, and....goggles...today.  My fingers are crossed that there will be more poetry coming our way from this class.  (Cross your fingers too!)

ps - If anyone in Mrs. Luft's class would like to draw a picture to go with Trevor's poem, please just send it along to me, and I will include it with the words here....

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