Monday, 26 August 2024

Elephant, by Lucy P

 Check out some awesome animal poems on Paula Green's blog, Poetry Box. Lucy P wrote a fabulous poem about an elephant, which Paula has published on this post.

https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/poetry-box-poems-by-children-animal-poems/


Elephant

white, curved tusks,

rough, wrinkly skin

long, wavy trunk –
sucking like a straw

big, floppy ears

skinny, straight tail

always one foot
on the ground

they walk on their toes
like the kids in room 13
tiptoeing into room 12

Lucy P, age 7, Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School

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