Spring Song

Spring Song

Have you ever seen
such green, such green?
Have you ever seen
such blue
as the woods in April
when they blink
and a bit of the sky
looks through?
And the light - the light
is tiny and bright
in every blob
of dew?
Have you ever seen
such green, such green?
Have you ever seen
such blue?

By Jean Kenward, taken from My Very First Poetry Book

Two Funny Men by Spike Milligan

Some silliness by Spike Milligan!

Two Funny Men

I know a man
Who's upside down,
And when he goes to bed
His head's not on the pillow. No!
His feet are there instead.

I know a man
Who's back to front,
The strangest man I've seen.
He can't tell where he's going
But he knows where he has been.

Taken from My Very First Poetry Book

A Good Idea for Wintry Weather

A Good Idea for Wintry Weather

At breakfast in the dark I pop
my dad's hat over the teapot
so that his head shall be hot
though the full buses pass his stop.

By Libby Houston, taken from My Very First Poetry Book

I use a radiator instead of a teapot, and put my scarf and gloves on as well - mmm toasty!

The longest ever woolly scarf

It's getting very chilly - definitely time to cosy up in a woolly scarf!

Who wore the longest ever scarf?! Well...

Taken from My Very First Poetry Book

Feed the birds

Winter is the time of year when birds need our help the most, as their natural food sources become more scarce.
Please help them out by putting some food and water out for them.

Robin

If on a frosty morning
the robin redbreast calls
his waistcoat red and burning
like a beggar at your walls

throw breadcrumbs on the grass for him
when the ground is hard and still
for in his breast there is a flame
that winter cannot kill.

By Iain Crichton Smith, taken from My Very First Poetry Book

The last full moon of 2014

It's a full moon tonight, the last of 2014!

In honour of the occasion, here's a moon themed poem from My Very First Poetry Book :-)

Humpty Dumpty went to the moon

Humpty Dumpty went to the moon
on a supersonic spoon.
He took some porridge and a tent
but when he landed
the spoon got bent.
Humpty said he didn't care
and for all I know
he's still up there.

By Michael Rosen

Sir Winter, by Jean Kenward

Sir Winter

I heard Sir Winter coming.
He crept out of his bed
and rubbed his thin and freezing hands:
I'll soon be up! he said.

'I'll shudder at the keyhole
and rattle at the door,
I'll strip the trees of all their leaves
and strew them on the floor;

'I'll harden every puddle
that Autumn thinks is his -
I'll lay a sparkling quilt of snow
on everything that is!

'I'll bring a load of darkness
as large as any coal,
and drive my husky dogs across
the world, from pole to pole.

'Oho! How you will shiver!'
And then I heard him say:
'But in the middle of it all
'I'll give you
CHRISTMAS DAY!'

By Jean Kenward, taken from My Very First Poetry Book

Space Spot (Doctor Who)

It's the Doctor Who series 8 finale tonight! I'm really loving Peter Capaldi (or 'Capaldi Who') as the Doctor, and I've been a fan of Michelle Gomez since she was in Channel 4's Green Wing, so needless to say I'm VERY excited!
I can't watch it live tonight, so I'm going to have to avoid all of the internet until I see it.

In the meantime, a quick Doctor Who themed poem from My Very First Poetry Book:

Space Spot

Twinkle, twinkle little star
Up there in the blue.
How I wonder what you are,
Are you Doctor Who?

By Max Fatchen

Hallowe'en, by Jean Kenward

Hallowe'en

Bring a candle!
Bring a light -
it must be Hallowe'en
tonight!

I saw a pixie
small and fine
dancing
on the washing line...

I saw a witch
go riding high
on her broomstick
through the sky...

I saw a giant
ten feet wide
with half a dozen
ships inside...

I saw a fairy
like a dream
top the milk
and sip the cream...

I saw a goblin
plump and brown
turn the church clock
upside down!

Come as quickly
as you can -
I saw the back
of a bogy man!

By Jean Kenward, taken from My Very First Poetry Book