Small Poems

This week we've been reading "small poems" from a book called All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth. Small poems are unique because they're written about one object and they use only the necessary words to describe that object and tell its story...no unnecessary words!

After reading lots of small poems, we wrote down specific observations about this interesting starfish. Using our observations we then wrote our very own small poem called starfish. Check out our observations and the finished poem below.

starfish

by Miss Payne’s class

Walked,

Silver and sparkly,

Glinting through the bright sea.

The mute sound of the starfish moving,

Five bumps like popcorn kernels,

A sandcastle attaching to each leg.

Old,

Scaly underside,

Narrow and light brown like coffee stains.

Curled tips like feet,

Tapping along at the bottom of the ocean.

Now lying dead and dry in a classroom,

Smelling of old seafood.