~Sam Smith
Happy birthday to Lee Bennett Hopkins! And many happy returns. More mini mistake-maker poems this Friday in honor of IMPERFECT, a poetry anthology for middle schoolers (release date: April 20th!).
Can you name these books and invention?
A GREEDY GAFFE
Burglars think stealing from a girl alone will be child's play...
look at those piles of gold coins!
But she gets them to dance the polka all night
and they stagger out sheepish with nothing purloined.
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photo by John Graham
TRUST HER WHEN SHE SAYS IT'S POISONED
a faithful fairy friend
drank the poisoned medicine...
clap or it's the end!
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SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER WHEN YOU JUST GRAB SOMETHING FROM THE BOX
Wilson Greatbatch tried
to make a heartbeat recorder
but putting the wrong resistor inside
mimicked the beat's proper order
This canny mistake-maker
led to the ______
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There are more minis on IMPERFECT's blog. None of these are in the book, so maybe I'll collect all of the mini mistake-maker poems and put them in a pdf for anyone who wants them. If you have one to share, email me or leave them in the comments.
Robyn Hood Black has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Robyn!
Those are good ones. I'm clapping! :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are fun. I love the riddle nature, especially the last one.
ReplyDeleteAs Alice said,these are fun - and thought-provoking, because of their riddle-nature! I especially like the first one.
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody need a clue about the first one? The girl can lift a horse over her head!
ReplyDeleteI love these! I'm inspired to try one or a few myself just for fun!
ReplyDeleteThese are all oh-so-clever; thanks for the bits of poetic mischief! And we still half of April to go. :0)
ReplyDeleteHmmm... these are getting more difficult. I need an answer key!
ReplyDeleteSure, M. They all start with P!
ReplyDeletePippi Longstocking (I think ALL adults make the mistake of underestimating Pippi)
Peter Pan
Pacemaker
Thanks for the key! You stumped me on two of them!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to arrive after the hard work has already been done, and so excited for an April 20 release date! Where will we find this work of art?
ReplyDeleteHi Heidi! You will be able to buy it on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble's online store, and possibly other online places!
ReplyDeleteThese are so fun - and I wouldn't have EVER gotten the Pacemaker, but I LOVE that there's an invention we have a poem for - this would have been SO fun when I was teaching!
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