29 06 05 The Elephant - Lucy
Elephant the sheer size of you;
Your body loose and round.
Able to protect your territory,
Able to stand your ground.
Your trunk old and wrinkled;
Either a vertical drop or climb.
Is a shedded snakeskin,
Spurting water all the time.
Elephant the sheer size of you;
Your body loose and round .
Able to protect your territory,
Able to stand your ground.
Your ears spanned out ;
Like a frogs foot.
Webbed and rounded too,
Your veins long and spread out like a flowers root.
Elephant the sheer size of you;
Your body loose and round.
Able to protect your territory,
Able to stand your ground.
Small and beaded;
Is each eye.
Bright and blinking slowly,
With them you watch the world go by.
Elephant the sheer size of you;
Your body loose and round.
Able to protect your territory,
Able to stand your ground.
Your legs like two pieces of upholstery;
Stiff and upright.
Used alot by day,
Rested at night.
Elephant the sheer size of you;
Your body loose and round.
Able to protect your territory,
Able to stand your ground.
Lucy
There all great
Gina Taylor - 02 11 05 - 19:07
Dear Lucy,
I am a third grade teacher in Michigan, USA. I was looking at third grade blogs. I found this poem about the elephant. I enjoyed the images you conjured up with your words. I would like to use this poem with my students to show them what they can do with description.
Mrs. Roth (Email) - 27 12 05 - 16:12
Lucy,Lucy,Lucy..What can I say. That poem is fantastic! You really have something special you know. I can only imagine what you’ll come out with years from now if youre already popping out gems like that. Keep writing. xx
love lesliexx
Your cousin Leslie (Email) - 17 01 07 - 21:47
The poem is wonderful. I am using it in a paper in human development where I am also using the fable about the elephant and the blind man.
Thanks for you wonderful work. I am crediting you, the school and website.
Susan
Susan (URL) - 30 07 07 - 00:07
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