By Danielle Dandrea. ©2005 Vladimir Publishing Company.

The Poem

I have to write a poem for school,

Do I have to write it about a pool?

That is all I can think of.

Maybe I can think of something up above…

Uggh! There is not much above,

Only trees.

What? No! No seas!

(That was my little brother.)

He said seas were up above.

Only trees, herds of birds, and the sky.

“Birds can fly!”

Yeah, yeah. (My little brother again.)

<Sigh> Too bad I can’t write it about a baseball mitt!

That’s it!

Now I need to write it.

How?

Hey! I guess I have a poem for school now.