Let's Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Since today is Poem in Your Pocket Day I'm printing out a few kid friendly poems to stick in the origami style pockets my students will be making. We're also going to be working on a big poem as a class. (I can't tell you how easy/difficult this task may be, but I'll let you know how it goes!) 

Here are a few of the poems I've chosen to share with my students, perhaps you can share them too:

Hello and Good-By

by Mary Ann Hoberman

Hello and good-by

Hello and good-by

When I’m in a swing

Swinging low and then high,

Good-by to the ground

Hello to the sky.

Hello to the rain

Good-by to the sun,

Then hello again sun

When the rain is all done.

In blows the winter,

Away the birds fly.

Good-by and hello

Hello and good-by

About the Teeth of Sharks

by John Ciardi

The thing about a shark is—teeth,

One row above, one row beneath.

Now take a close look. Do you find

It has another row behind?

Still closer—here, I’ll hold your hat:

Has it a third row behind that?

Now look in and...Look out! Oh my,

I’ll never know now! Well, goodbye.

Daddy Fell into the Pond

by Alfred Noyes

Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.

We had nothing to do and nothing to say.

We were nearing the end of a dismal day,

And then there seemed to be nothing beyond,

Then

Daddy fell into the pond!

And everyone's face grew merry and bright,

And Timothy danced for sheer delight.

"Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!

He's crawling out of the duckweed!" Click!

Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,

And doubled up, shaking silently,

And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft,

And it sounded as if the old drake laughed.

Oh, there wasn't a thing that didn't respond

When

Daddy Fell into the pond!

PS

I'll be sticking this poem in my husband's pocket before he heads off to work and carrying this one in mine. 

top image: via WriteByNight.net