I went for a walk —
what did I see?
I saw a bicycle up in a tree.
I saw a butterfly
made of chalk —
that’s what I saw when I went for a walk.
I saw a prayer wheel,
spun it around,
jumped in a hopscotch drawn on the ground.
I saw some pea vines
starting to grow,
and little green carrot tops all in a row.
I saw two crows,
they scolded each other.
Two baby squirrels, one squirrel mother,
and over the fence,
an apple tree —
I’m pretty sure that it saw me.
If you go for a walk
when the day is new -
Hey! Wait up! I’ll go, too!
© Julie Larios. All rights reserved.
And guess what? Julie Larios sent photos of "proof" of what she saw! Check these out:
There's such a range in what Julie Larios writes (for kids and adults), and if you've somehow not encountered her works before, well, you should totally check them out. And then... go for a walk and tell us what you see!
2 comments:
Oh, my, Julie ~ this is a PERFECT quarantine poem! I mean, I've BEEN on your walk, I swear! And your rhythm got me up and dancing. Thank you!
April, when they say, “We’re all in this together,” I think they mean our new-found pleasure out walking our neighborhoods, too. Glad you liked my poem - and thanks, Greg, for posting it.
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