By
Elaine Magliaro
Be BIG.
You dig?
What’s more—
You gotta ROAR.
Show your power.
Scale a tower.
Beat your chest.
AND
Don’t forget to wear
A bulletproof vest!
© 2010 Elaine Magliaro. All rights reserved.
Elaine posts her own poems! I've learned from her word choices, her ability to come up with fresh ways to approach familiar subjects, and the incredible array of forms she tries out and highlights (such as list poems, like hers in the collection Falling Down the Page). King Kong, part of a collection of "things to do" poems Elaine's working on, makes me want to sit down and write AND get a class of kids together to see what they'd come up with. Good times, indeed. It's that type of inspiration - and the wonderful poetry that creates it - that helps explain why I'm so happy to have Elaine Magliaro here today as part of 30 Poets/30 Days.
Yesterday brought Clouds Like Us by James Carter. Tomorrow... Lookit! by David L. Harrison! For more on 30 Poets/30 Days and ways to follow along, please click here.
7 comments:
Love it! I'll be doing this with a class of 4th graders this week.
Ardis
LOVE Elaine's poetry. This King Kong poem is faboo :)!
I like this - I love the way Elaine uses language in poetry. Her sass and veracity crack me up.
Elaine writes some of my favorite children's poems--it's still hard for me to believe she doesn't yet have her own published collections. I hope that day comes soon.
I agree with you about her being the go-to source for children's poetry. She's one of my top sources, too:>)
Love the humor of this one, and the unexpected bulletproof vest at the end!
Go, Elaine! Thanks, Greg, for bringing us a new poem from her.
She's one of my favorite's, too!
Love this!!! Perfect poem to read to Baby Lily. She loves sound effects!
Elaine's poems are such fun to read (does she turn into a different animal every night?)...and she is so generous too. Thank you for featuring her!
Amy
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