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Poet's Corner

February/March

Healthy Teeth

Did you brush your teeth today?

It’s the thing to do.

Clean teeth will stay healthy

And work better, too.

You will chew food easily,

Flash a shiny smile.

Showing off your healthy teeth

You’ll always be in style.

-Sharon Siegelman

The Lost Tooth

I lost a little tooth

Just the other night.

I lost it in an apple

When I went to take a bite.

I hope I get another tooth

To take the old tooth’s place,

Because my tongue feels funny

When it hits the empty space.

-Paula Peck

Abraham Lincoln

When Abraham Lincoln was a young boy

He helped to dig wells and cut trees.

He worked very hard with his family

To get ready for winter’s long freeze.

But Abraham Lincoln liked to read

And when he was done chopping wood,

He walked many miles to borrow some books

Then read and learned all that he could.

When Lincoln was grown, he became president

And wanted the slaves to be free.

He declared Civil War—then the North and the South

Came together as one big country.

-Deborah Garmon

George Washington

The story of George Washington

Tells of a cherry tree

That George cut down without a thought

And made his dad angry.

But when his father asked him,

George could not tell a lie.

He bravely stood before the man,

Saying, “Father, it was I.”

Although it’s just a story,

It helps us understand,

That our first president, Washington,

Was a brave and honest man.

-Marie E. Cecchini

Weather Changes

The weather changes,

So do I,

From cloud to sunburst,

From laugh to cry.

From warmth to coldness,

From low to high,

The weather changes,

So do I.

-Leland B. Jacobs

Vegetable Stew

Vegetable stew,

Vegetable stew,

What do we put

In a vegetable stew?

Potatoes, tomatoes,

And lots of peas too.

Foods that are yummy

And so good for you.

Vegetable stew,

Vegetable stew.

Heat it up! Eat it up!

Vegetable stew!

-Deborah Garmon