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What a poem is not
Gilbert Edwards and Freddy Edenborough Year 8
A poem is not an alligator, And doesn’t have to be snappy. A poem is not a honey bee, But it can be sweet. A poem is not a clam, But it can be hard to prise open. A poem is not a donkey, But it can take you for a bumpy ride. A poem is not an eel, But it can slip and wriggle in your mind. A poem is not a ferret, But it can curl up and nest in your mind. A poem is not a goose, But it can hatch an idea of gold. A poem is not a hare, But it can hop around your page. A poem is not an iguana, But it can drag itself along. A poem is not a jaguar, But it can stalk you in the darkness. A poem is not a koala, But can climb, and cling and crash to the ground. A poem is not a ladybird, But it can fly away with your imagination. A poem is not a midget, But as large as life.
A poem is not a nit, But it can infest itself in your head. A poem is not an octopus, But confuses you with ink. A poem is not a partridge, But can burst into babbling song. A poem is not a quail, But it lays eggs in the depths of a story. A poem is not a rat, But an attention-seeker. A poem is not a skunk, But once its stink is on you, it’s on forever. A poem is not a tiger But a flag of many colours. A poem is not an urchin, But there’s life within its forbidding appearance. A poem is not a vole, But burrows and scurries, or hibernates for years. A poem is not a whale, but goes deeper than anything else. A poem is not a yak But an idol of resistance. A poem is not a zebra But a saga spun of a thousand colours.
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